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Social Foundation

The Social Foundation Program

The Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Upper Montclair offers YOU the choice to DESIGN YOUR OWN PROGRAM. We believe that YOU, the consumer, are unique and deserve to have a custom made program designed especially to suit you.

The Social Foundation Program - 10-20 Weeks

The Social Foundation Program is designed to educate you in the Figure (the dance step), the timing and the lead and follow of any dance.

The SOCIAL FOUNDATION PROGRAM is the fastest and easiest way to become a good social dancer. Lessons on this program can include Private and Group lessons, and you may greatly benefit at our scheduled PRACTICE SESSIONS, which are of no charge to our full time students.

A SOCIAL FOUNDATION PROGRAM can be anywhere from 5-40 lessons, and can take anywhere from 4 weeks to 4 months or more.

The best feature is that you design your own program! It is custom made to perfectly suit your needs!

Prices Vary.

Our Social Foundation Program is your first planned and personalized dance program. It embodies the basics necessary for good social dancing. The key elements stressed enable you to "hold your own".

When completed you will have fairly attractive footwork; an introduction to the feel of various dance tempos, whether slow or fast, and the fundamentals of a good lead as a man, or following factors as a lady.

This program also will give you a sufficient variety of patterns to permit you to be an interesting dance partner.

And finally, the Social Foundation Program provides an excellent stepping stone to our next level - The Bronze Trophy System of advanced dancing.

A SOCIAL FOUNDATION PROGRAM can take anywhere from 3-8 lessons per dance. A common, well rounded program includes:

Three Smooth/Progressive Dances & Three Spot/Rhythm/Latin Dances.

Waltz - Rumba - Cha Cha - Foxtrot - Swing - Merengue - Tango - Hustle - Salsa - Viennese Waltz - Mambo - Single Swing - Quickstep - Samba - Jive



Fred Astaire Upper Montclair Ballroom Dance Studio
604 Valley Road
Upper Montclair, New Jersey 07043
(973) 783-8999