Welcome to "The Dance World Plus More"

I am Charles Joseph Smith. Welcome to "The Dance World Plus More" webpage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As you may or may not know, I have a profound love for dancing.

I started out when I was young trying to teach myself ballet from watching such ballet on TV. The greatest memory of this is watching ballerina Suzanne Ferrell on "Sesame Street".

Then, I started to watch the major TV dance shows to try to figure out the new trends in dance...."Soul Train", and of course, Dick Clark's "American Bandstand". I also watched "Dance Fever" with Danny Terrio. It was a good dance show also even though it did not make the Nielsen ratings for long-term success.

Finally, I got even more inspired by watching "Championship Ballroom Dancing" with Juliet Prowse. This was the moment for me to take up ballroom dance lessons later on after my preteen years when I went to college...and eventually compete in my first ballroom dance competitions.

Nowadays, I am coming out of the box and delving into the experimental and contemporary forms of dance--not just the traditional dance forms (which is of course, ballet, jazz, and tap). Focuses now are on performance art, interdisciplinary dance, Butoh, mime, and contact improvisation. But I still have the ballroom dance bug, and I started watching "Dancing With The Stars" on ABC and I was hooked and was a fan of the show ever since the show's first season. My most memorable "Dancing With The Stars" moment was Master P's lackluster paso doble dance with his professional dance partner, Ashly Delgrosso.

If you love dancing, and you want to know how to dance, this site is definitely just for you!