Show H Bust A Move Internet shows you how to L L t n I By Diana Young Staff Writer f. i You know that liquid hip wiggling wiggling wig wig- gling that starts on the dance floor c whenever Latin music plays I 1 love loveto to dance but Latin music has always made me feel like a spastic klutz in a sea of sensuous rhythmic t grace Then Saturday night a miracle miracle miracle mira mira- cle happened In the romantic glow g of a computer terminal a friend and andI z 5 I learned basic salsa steps with the It turns out outto to help of the magic isn't in the hips after all but in two simple quick slow steps The hips just sort of follow along In a matter of minutes minutes minutes min min- utes we were able to move together er with some grace in time to a aJ had earlier at atthe J Latin CD I picked up the library We had only one small problem j Having never taken dance lessons we couldn't quite figure out how the leader is supposed to tell the follower what he wants to do next t There is a Hall of Shame to show showe i e wh what i not to do but Sr S r t had no advice on the pre-basics pre like how to lead and follow The site has two basic steps each for salsa east coast swing and west coast swing The steps are broken down into simple little pieces that i I safe clarified by both th f d written descriptions There is no no charge to access the basic moves Once you have the basics figured out you can buy more advanced moves at 1 l each or buy packages t i that m make ke it even more inexpensive i is per move It is a much cheaper way to learn new dan dance e steps more formal formal format for for- mal mat lessons lessons- Right now there are five additional addition l salsa moves and four additional east coast swing moves available for purchase For 10 the wedding basics package promises to have you and your sweetheart gr gracefully spinning around the dance floor at your reception instead of just swaying 1 back and forth t is a well orga and arid easy to use web site i Demonstrations are do done e by cartoons cart cartoons car t to speed up download times Bust uses a new technology technology tech tech- to make flat outlined figures J JS J'S T from video clips of real live S s. s ife dance dancers s. s The leader is blue and the follower is red making t. t them remarkably easy easy to imitate Z With this downloading downloading down down- new technology L loading on the computers computers computers com com- at Salt Lake Community College was close to instantaneous In the real world of it took up to 30 seconds per page which still isn't too bad It is a new web site so not all of the pages are complete Links to local clubs lindy indy hop steps and more of the advanced moves for all the dances are coming soon A database of mail e-mail addresses is being built to allow users to meet other dancers in their area The site includes video clips of each of the dances We were disappointed disappointed disappointed pointed that we couldn't see the video clips or hear music That would require having i x t t o l i C t ilk ry F M 4 J T. T f rv r J. J iI V l ia LI LIo iA J JJ l J r v l Sf k s j o A. A w N v ff J l' l t i ii u i www corn which unfortunate I y is I is a a a aas misnomer VIII I as getting it js is is not qui quick k at at all We read Dilbert for 20 minutes while we waited for it to download Then a few measly megabytes from completion completion com corn the connection was lost We dragged the useless files into the recycle bin and changed the CD player to something new age and completely un We had learned enough to look less foolish next time we go to a club And after a little club practice well we'll probably log on again to to learn more |