Inside Urban Ballroom Dancing
by Earl Ofari Hutchinson

In Inside Urban Ballroom Dancing, I take the reader on a short tour of the history of ballroom dancing, how it came to be like much of dance, pop, and jazz music; a unique part of the Black experience. I Then detail some of the popular basics of urban ballroom dancing. Inside Urban Ballroom Dancing is not meant to be the definitive, expert work on urban ballroom dancing. It’s simply one person’s deep appreciation of the importance and impact it has had on me and the belief that it can have that same impact on many others. This short homage to urban ballroom dancing is simply my way of showing my appreciation for it.