Learning to Dance

A nation-wide survey made by eighty leading psychologists proved dancing to be the
best-known personality developer. According to the popular syndicated newspaper
feature: "Let's Explore Your Mind," owned by the John S. Dille Company of Chicago,
"There are no delinquents among children who study dancing."

While it is true that you can learn to dance through a study of this book, nothing
can really take the place of a dancing class, because in a class you have the
companionship of others, the inspiration given by a good teacher, and the fun of
sharing your enthusiasm as you develop perfection.

This book, as a supplement to your lesson, will aid you to learn more rapidly, but
dancing is a social skill and in a dancing class you can immediately start applying
it socially. We are by nature gregarious creatures and we enjoy dancing best when we
are sharing our pleasure.

That is why group dances such as the Virginia Reel and the Square Dance will always
be with us in some form.

Besides being one of the oldest forms of art, dancing is probably the most universally
popular. Anyway you look at it—dancing is fun!