Absolutely. The great thing about popular music is that it’s
so versatile and encompasses so many different forms of rhythms.
Carrie Babcock, an instructor at The Fred Astaire Dance Studio,
in Montclair, NJ, recommends Madonna’s album The Immaculate
Collection. It’s 95 percent cha-cha with a little
rumba mixed in; you can dance rumba to most of Celine Dion’s
songs. Marc Anthony’s are cha-cha and salsa; Earth, Wind
and Fire combines the hustle and rumba.
”Play me a song and I can most likely teach you a traditional
dance to do to it,” says Babcock. (Okay, maybe not one
by Korn.) Babcock suggests turning on a few of your favorites
and trying it! You’ll be able to tell if a song works
with a traditional step—if you feel like you can move
pretty naturally to the beat, it does.
Absolutely. The great thing about popular music is that it’s
so versatile and encompasses so many different forms of rhythms.
Carrie Babcock, an instructor at The Fred Astaire Dance Studio,
in Montclair, NJ, recommends Madonna’s album The Immaculate
Collection. It’s 95 percent cha-cha with a little
rumba mixed in; you can dance rumba to most of Celine Dion’s
songs. Marc Anthony’s are cha-cha and salsa; Earth, Wind
and Fire combines the hustle and rumba. 
