What is the difference between the Latin Ballroom Dancing?

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What is the difference between Salsa, Mambo, Samba, and Cha-Cha? I'm looking to take dancing lessons at Arthur Murray Dance Studio. I've never danced any of these type styles and I'm not sure which one would be to my most benefit. Maybe something that is most likely to be used in a club or at a dance. My boyfriend is from Cancun and he can dance very well, and I want to know how to dance so when we go out somewhere I'll know what I'm doing hahaha
 
You don't pick one or two. You'll either learn the five Latin dances in the International style (cha cha, samba, rumba, paso doble, and jive) or the five Rhythm dances in the American style (eastern swing, mambo, a different rumba, a slightly different cha cha, and bolero), plus some social dances. They reinforce each other, so learning a bunch is actually easier than learning one or two at a time. There isn't much difference between salsa and mambo; some would say there's no difference at all. Chances are good that your boyfriend won't dance any of the dances you learn at AM, but that's OK. The thing is to learn to dance, and if you learn well what they teach, you'll be able to dance with your boyfriend anyway. You could take a trained ballroom dancer who's never seen bachata, for instance, and she'd be dancing it like she'd done it all her life after about thirty seconds.
 
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