Why Wasting Hours On youtube and taking private lessons
is Limiting Ballroom competency
Stop Dancing Awkwardly and Start Turning Heads on the Dance Floor Using Our "Hybrid Approach"
What Maximizing Progress Looks Like
It takes the average student around 20 hours to become proficient in the beginner level of Rumba. Ideally about 80-85% of time should be spent on practice while 15-20% of time spent on receiving and applying feedback.
In-Person Lessons
Practice: 14-18 hours (most students take one lesson per week and rarely practice outside of lessons)
Feedback: 4-7 hours (interwoven with teaching syllabus)
Total Time: 10 Weeks to reach 20 hours of practice and feedback.
On-Demand Videos
Practice: 30-35 hours (due to the absence of feedback, students often need more practice to correct mistakes on their own)
Feedback: 0 hours
Total Time: 7 Weeks to reach 35 hours of practice (lack of feedback)
Hybrid Approach
Practice: 16-17 hours (students can practice daily with access to syllabus)
Feedback: 3-4 hours (students can get focused feedback on technique and how to improve)
Total Time: 3 Weeks to reach 20 hours of practice and feedback.
*these estimates are based on averages, and the exact time needed can vary depending on individual learning styles and needs.
A few of our accreditations:
The Best of Both Worlds
A More Effective Approach to Learning Ballroom Dance
Our Hybrid Ballroom Dance Solution combines the strengths of both in-person and online learning, providing unlimited access to content, increased learning retention, time flexibility, and expert feedback.
This unique combination creates a more effective pathway to mastering ballroom dance, ensuring you can practice more often while still receiving crucial feedback.
A few of the accreditations our ballroom instructors have:
Internationally Standardized Syllabus
All of our courses and instructional videos are based on the syllabus of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD), one of the most prestigious dance organizations in the world.
This ensures that you are learning and practicing according to internationally recognized standards.
Say good bye to incorrect instructions, developing bad habits, and slow progress.
Learn from an Internationally Standardized Syllabus
All of our courses and instructional videos are based on the syllabus of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD), one of the most prestigious dance organizations in the world.
This ensures that you are learning and practicing according to internationally recognized standards.
Say good bye to incorrect instructions, developing bad habits, and slow progress.
Personalized Feedback from Certified Instructors
Our instructors are certified by renowned organizations like the IDTA (International Dance Teachers Association).
You can trust that our feedback is designed to refine your technique, correct mistakes, and accelerate your progress, keeping you consistently moving forward.
Plus, we record this feedback so you can review it as often as needed to fully retain and apply it.
While on-demand video platforms may offer convenience, they lack the personalized, expert feedback essential for truly mastering ballroom dance.
Personalized Feedback from Certified Instructors
Our instructors are certified by renowned organizations like the IDTA (International Dance Teachers Association).
You can trust that our feedback is designed to refine your technique, correct mistakes, and accelerate your progress, keeping you consistently moving forward.
Plus, we record this feedback so you can review it as often as needed to fully retain and apply it.
While on-demand video platforms may offer convenience, they lack the personalized, expert feedback essential for truly mastering ballroom dance.
Community and Progress Tracking
You’re not just learning alone—you’re becoming part of a vibrant community of dancers passionate about ballroom dance. Our online platform provides opportunities to connect, share experiences, and stay motivated together.
As you work through the syllabus, you can monitor your progress, earn points for leaderboards, and celebrate milestones along your dance journey.
This combination of community support and progress tracking ensures that you stay engaged, motivated, and focused on mastering ballroom dance.
Community and Progress Tracking
You’re not just learning alone—you’re becoming part of a vibrant community of dancers passionate about ballroom dance. Our online platform provides opportunities to connect, share experiences, and stay motivated together.
As you work through the syllabus, you can monitor your progress, earn points for leaderboards, and celebrate milestones along your dance journey.
This combination of community support and progress tracking ensures that you stay engaged, motivated, and focused on mastering ballroom dance.
The Choice is Clear
Our Hybrid Approach empowers students to practice regularly, get certified feedback often lacking in online platforms - leading to faster and more comprehensive skill acquisition.
It's time to start learning ballroom dance more effectively.
What's Included in the Academy
A Preview of the Academy
Figures And Routines
Our Figures & Routines, based on the ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing) syllabus, provide clear step-by-step instructions from beginner to advanced levels. This ensures you’re learning correct techniques right from the start.
Studies show that people forget up to 50% of new information within an hour of learning it, and up to 70% within 24 hours.
Unlike traditional lessons limited by instructor availability, our online curriculum offers unlimited access, allowing you to learn at your own pace and have better retention.
Figures and Routines
(lesson demonstrated in the video is the Samba: Silver - Rolling Off the Arm)
Technique Videos
(lesson demonstrated in the video is the Cha Cha: Technique - Ronde Chasse)
Technique Videos
While anyone can learn to dance a figure or routine, what truly separates a beginner from a world champion is their mastery of technique.
Our Technique Videos dive deep into the details of ballroom dance, breaking down body positioning, footwork, foot positions, timing and more.
Unlike traditional lessons, where time is divided between syllabus and technique, our Technique Videos are focused solely helping students perform with precision and grace.
Personalized Feedback
After submitting a video of your dance, students receive detailed, individualized feedback from certified instructors that highlight areas for improvement, and offers specific advice tailored to your skill level.
Studies have shown that learners who can review feedback multiple times are more likely to retain and apply it effectively, leading to sustained improvement in skills over time.
Unlike real-time feedback in traditional lessons that might be forgotten, students can review the recorded feedback as much as they want.
Personalized Feedback
(personalized feedback for Rumba: Closed Basic Movement)
Choose Your Plan
Meet Your Instructor
Jinmin Shen
Over my 30+ year ballroom dance career, I've taken many beginners to go on and win first place in championship levels.
However, it saddened me to see the countless students who had potential as well but didn't learn and practice as much due to obstacles like time and availability to name a few.
So I put together a team and developed this hybrid approach that gives students the flexibility to learn at their own pace while still getting feedback from a certified instructor.
In-person lessons are fantastic for learning ballroom except over my decades of teaching, it's rare for students to learn and practice more than once a week.
On top of this, many instructors who taught at the studio weren't actually certified teachers which can lead to building bad habits.
On the other hand, online tutorials were usually all over the place let alone being detailed unless it was a paid subscription platform - even then both online solutions lacked the crucial personal feedback aspect.
As a result, we developed this hybrid approach to work with today's technology and modern lifestyles.
By giving students the ability to practice more frequently, to proper syllabus, and receiving credible feedback...
I envision even more people will be able to enjoy the beauty of ballroom dance by removing the obstacles that once turned many of them away.
I'll see you inside the academy,
Jinmin Shen
Founder, Beautiful Ballroom Dance Academy
Accreditations:
Full Member of the IDTA (International Dance Teachers Association)
International Adjudicator of the WDC (World Dance Council)
Full Member of the IDC (International Dance Council)
Examiner of the CDTA (Canadian Dance Teachers Association)
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