Talk:Balboa (dance)

Old talk
Query of this edit: 18:58, 18 February 2006 68.122.144.242

This edit removed a link to an external article on the history of Balboa published on the lindycircle web site. The link to balboanation was left in place. The page on lindycircle is an original article that has been widely copied and/or linked to by other Balboa web sites. In fact the Balboanation website uses a copy of the lindycircle article for it's own definition of the dance.

The result being that the single remaining external link (balboanation) is second generation info whereas the external link to the original source article (lindycircle) has been removed. The balboanation link should rightly remain since their web site is a good reference on the subject. I just question the logic of removing other valid external references?

Deleted lists
With all due respect, if they are "famous," please write articles, with references and all, per wikipedia's verifiability, WP:CITE, "reliable sources" rules. `'mikka 02:36, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Famous dancers from 1930s & 1940s

 * Maxie Dorf (Bal-swing)
 * Willie and Lila Desatoff (Bal-swing)
 * Hal Takier (Bal-swing)
 * Ann Mills (all forms)
 * Natalie Esparza (all forms)
 * Ed and Inez Thompson (Balboa)
 * Dean and Nancy Raftery (Balboa)
 * Hank Nagley (all forms)
 * Bart Bartolo (all forms)

Famous Present Day dancers

 * Sylvia Sykes (all forms)
 * Jonathan Bixby (all forms)
 * Nick Williams (all forms)
 * Christian Thompson (all forms)
 * Steve Garrett (all forms)
 * Heidi Salerno (all forms)
 * Peter Loggins (all forms)
 * Denise Paulino (all forms)
 * Lisa Ferguson (all forms)
 * Joel Plys (all forms)
 * Alison Plys (all forms)
 * Randy Maestretti (all forms)
 * Kara Britt (all forms)
 * David Rehm (all forms)
 * Marty Lau (all forms)
 * Jen Urich (all forms)
 * Marty Klempner (all forms)
 * Valerie Salstrom (all forms)
 * Tise Chao (all forms)
 * Jeremy Oth (all forms)
 * Bobby White (all forms)
 * Kate Hedin (all forms)

Quality
IMHO the article is not high-quality yet. For example Pure Balboa vs. Bal-Swing is very badly explained. The "basic footwork" given is just one very common variation. If you want to start with an "8 count basic", it should be explained as "step-step-hold, step-step-hold". Figures are badly explained and/or include stuff that shouldn't be there (for example, Texas Tommy doesn't require the lead to heel-slide).

IMHO, it should start with Pure Balboa and the body lead, then introduce the common 8-count pattern and the different common holds (up-holds, downhold, shuffles, break), then introduce some one-steps to mix in. One-Steps can then be combined to make 'bigger' moves (e.g starting on 5: right-close-down, left-close-down to create a Waltzer-like movement. Pivots by turning on downholds. etc.).

Next it could delve into Bal-Swing, Transition Step, Throwouts. These differ substantially from Pure Balboa, because they are lead quite differently. Of course they are part of Balboa (that's why they belong into the article), but they are of a different nature. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.174.126.165 (talk) 18:07, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, the article is no high quality...--Twobarbreak (talk) 15:59, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Balboa derived from Collegiate Shag?
According to streetswing, Balboa was derived from Shag (and others, of course)? http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3bal1.htm

Maybe Single-time collegiate shag? That would fit the Balboa basic quite well.

Does anyone have a better reference than streetswing? (Like, a printed one such as a book?) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.174.115.52 (talk) 02:49, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

No you will not find any proof that Balboa came from Collegiate Shag, because Balboa came before Shag... as you can see from streetswing website, there are never any resources.--Twobarbreak (talk) 16:00, 25 March 2008 (UTC)