Dance Practice Guides

Master the cross-body lead, shines, and on1/on2 timing.

Salsa moves fast — most tracks live between 180 and 220 BPM, with intricate footwork built on a 1-2-3, 5-6-7 timing pattern. Whether you dance on1 (LA style), on2 (NY style), or Cuban Casino, the foundation is the same: hearing the clave and putting your weight on the right beat..

Drill the 1-2-3 tap, body waves, and partner connection.

Bachata sits in the 110–140 BPM range and is built on a 4-count rhythm with a hip pop or tap on the 4. Whether you dance traditional Dominican, modern, or sensual style, the foundation is the basic step plus body movement that matches the syncopation..

Slow it down. Find the connection. Walk in time.

Kizomba is the slowest of the partner Latin dances at 70–100 BPM. It's built on grounded walks, weight transfer, and an intimate frame between partners.

Drill foundations, isolations, and grooves on the break.

Hip-hop dance covers a wide range — from the foundational old-school grooves at 80–100 BPM to modern choreography at 130 BPM and up. The common thread is the bounce: a vertical pulse on each downbeat.

Phrasing, accents, dynamics. Internalise the music.

Contemporary dance lives in the relationship between the body and the music. There's no fixed tempo, no set pattern of steps.

Flow through the lead, drill body movement, ride the wave.

Brazilian Zouk flows between 70 and 110 BPM and is built on smooth, wave-like body movement, elastic lead-follow connection, and signature head movement on the follow's part. The musicality is everything — Zouk dancers ride the song's phrasing, so internalising where the accents land is the core of the practice..

Anchor, stretch, and play with the slot and the music.

West Coast Swing runs around 90–120 BPM and is danced in a slot, built on elastic connection, the anchor step, and a deep sensitivity to the music — from blues to contemporary pop. It rewards patience and timing over speed: the stretch and compression between partners is where the dance lives..

Find the bounce, drill the steps, ride the polyrhythm.

Afrobeats dance sits around 100–130 BPM and is built on a grounded bounce, expressive upper-body movement, and a deep relationship with the polyrhythmic percussion. From Azonto to Zanku to Gwara Gwara, the named steps are the vocabulary — but the bounce underneath them is the foundation..

Learn the choreo, drill the formations, hit every detail.

K-pop dance is precise, synchronised choreography set to pop tracks around 100–135 BPM. Every section has 'point' moves — signature hits that define the song — and the standard is sharp, clean, on-the-beat execution.

Build control, drill the walk, own every line in heels.

Heels is a confident, expressive commercial style danced in heeled shoes, usually to pop and R&B around 90–125 BPM. It's built on a strong walk, controlled body movement, clean lines, and attitude.