Partner dancing is tons of fun — and it’s great for physical and mental health! But it can also lead to injuries if dancers ignore basic precautions.
We’d like to remind our USA Dancers of a few rules and best practices that will keep us all safe without diminishing our fun.
Please join us at the next USA Dance social dance party: 3 – 5 p.m. this Sunday, June 2, at the Albuquerque Square Dance Center, 4915 Hawkins St. NE.
Santa Fe dance teacher David Lopez will teach a Viennese Waltz lesson at 2:15 p.m. Doug McClellan will DJ.
Admission is $5 for USA Dance members and $10 for others.
Barry Paur, a longtime USA Dance member and a friend to many of us, passed away a day shy of his 86th birthday on Jan. 22.
Barry’s memorial service will be 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 5, at the Wyoming Chapel, 7171 Wyoming Blvd. NE, with a reception to follow.
Sunday (Dec. 17) is a Member Appreciation Dance at USA Dance, which means members get in free for our last dance of 2023.
Brenda Dunagan Lamon will teach a foxtrot lesson at 2:15 p.m., and will also perform with Everett Farr.
The dance is 3 – 5 p.m. Andy Nelson will DJ. Admission is free for USA Dance members and $10 for others.
Our sister USA Dance chapter in Phoenix is partnering with Devil DanceSport of Arizona State University for the one-day Solar Flare DanceSport Challenge on Saturday, Nov. 18.
Ballroom, Country-Western, and swing dancers from the Southwest and beyond will gather this week to compete at the Rio Grande Dance Classic in Albuquerque, April 13 – 16.
Social dancers may think a competition has little to offer them. We encourage them to think again.
Here are dozens of reasons for social dancers to consider spending some time at the Rio Grande competition.