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Here you can find all the information related to the Global Smooth System: our lessons, teachers, subscriptions, and how to get started with our online courses.
Here you can find all the information related to the Global Smooth System: our lessons, teachers, subscriptions, and how to get started with our online courses.
A simple, clear, and progressive dance training system that dancers of all levels can use to increase their dancing knowledge and skills, and that can be applied to any syllabus or step pattern. It is not about teaching individual step patterns, or basic syllabus manual elements such as footwork, alignment, or timing. It is about building the quality of your dancing using a common language and methodology.
Introductory dancers with a basic understanding of syllabus manual elements (e.g., footwork, alignment, timing) as well as advanced and elite dancers, and teachers of all levels who want to be better quality dancers, teachers and/or competitors.
The lesson topics incorporate simple drills focusing on the elements of posture, frame, movement and connection, dynamics, and focus and intent that can be applied to improving the execution of any step, at any level.
Yes, the technical drills and artistic principles work for all styles of dance, Smooth, International Ballroom, Rhythm, and International Latin.
Click on the Sign Up button and create an Essential, Advanced or Elite level subscription account in order to get access to the Global Smooth System course material at that particular level.
You can upgrade or downgrade your subscription level (your subscription fee for that month will be pro-rated) or even cancel your recurring subscription at any time.
For dance studios who want to buy discounted bundles (of 5 or 10) subscriptions that the studio allocates and controls, contact us about our corporate subscriptions.
Sign in and click on the Profile link under your name. Then click on the blue text Edit Profile button on the right-hand side of the page.
Sign in, then click on the Account link on your drop-down menu. Login Information is listed first, and you will see the change password option there. Â
Cancel at any time. Cancellation stops the monthly subscription charges renewing. You will not maintain access to your courses if you cancel.
Click on the drop-down menu Membership link, then Subscriptions. There you can Update, Change Plan, or Cancel.
Yes, log in to your suspended account and click on the reactivate my account button. Pay the monthly membership fee. Congratulations! Your account will be reactivated.
The three available subscriptions for individuals are:
• Essential Level – USD 24.99 / month
• Advanced Level – USD 27.99 / month
• Elite Level – USD 29.99 / month
Essential Level
Advanced Level
Elite Level
If you are a Bronze level dancer, if you are newer to teaching dancing or are looking for an overview of the whole system starting from the beginning in order to teach new students, then start with the Essential plan.
If you are a Silver level dancer, have been dancing a while, have an understanding of basic technique, and want to enhance your technical and performance skills, then try the Advanced plan.
For Gold to Open and above dancer, amateur or professional, have been dancing a while, have an understanding of basic technique, and want to enhance your technical and performance skills, the Elite level involves maximizing all tools available to achieve the ultimate level of dancing.
Self-guided — freeflow
Sign up for an appropriate dance level plan, Essential, Advanced, or Elite, then select Technical, Artistic or Planning course lessons, and immediately access the specific lesson topics that will fulfill your immediate dance needs.
Guided — linear
Sign up for an appropriate dance level plan, Essential, Advanced, or Elite, then follow the provided courses 1–9, lessons and topics in the sequences and order provided.
Click on the Materials link in each Course to find that particular Course’s Quickstart Guide.
The Quickstart Guide marks selected lesson topic videos as vital core information that should be studied at the (traditionally termed) different levels of dancer, Bronze (GSS Essential), Silver (GSS Advanced) and Gold or Open (GSS Elite).
Quick Start (QS) Lessons Guide – for Bronze (QS-B), Silver (QS-S) and Gold>Open Pro (QS-G) dancers
For assistance and/or mentoring, contact a group being led by a certified trainer and request to join. The trainer will monitor your progress and help you stay on track to maximizing your full potential.
You can click on a favorite heart icon in the course, lesson or topic sections in order to add that course, lesson or topic to your favorites list.
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Essential, Advanced and Elite certificates are assigned to each of the nine courses, for a grand total of 27 possible certificates.
Certificates are a way of tracking your progress through the courses. They do not assign a level of competence in the subject matter, that is up to you :).
If you want a more challenging test ask us about the Masters Certification (a comprehensive and timed quiz test) and the GSS Trainers Certification (professional teaching test).
The certificates are awarded automatically when you have completed watching topic videos and correctly answering quiz questions at each level Essential, Advanced and Elite in any particular course.
So, to receive an Elite Certificate you do not have to complete the Essential or Advanced topics and quizzes (ADV by the topic or quiz name), just the Elite designated (ELT).
On the first page of each course click on the link “Materials” for a Course Map that shows which topics and quizzes are Essential (assumed) or Advanced (ADV) or Elite (ELT) in that course.Â
A 2-minute drill is a compilation of a number of GSS drill elements lasting two minutes or less that can be used as a warm-up at every lesson or practice.
See the 2-minute drill page.
The 2-minute drill sequence focuses on practicing the key GSS elements that are being focused on at that point in time. It can reinforce strengths or improve weaknesses in an individual or couple’s dancing, and the repetition creates muscle memory for those specific technical or artistic skills.
They are great to use as a quick way to establish connection and timing with your partner before walking onto the competition dance floor.
See the 2-minute drill page.
Pick the top 3-5 drill example videos to copy, the ones you like or need the most to develop your weaknesses until they become strengths, and combine them together into your own custom 2-minute drill routine.
If you need help in developing your own 2-minute drill, contact one of the GSS certified trainers in your area, they will be more than happy to help you.
A couple of different ways:
 on your Profile drop down menu, then click on a member’s name to go to their profile.Once your request to connect has been accepted,
Connect members together to support each other’s study progress, teach, mentor or guide a group by organizing a public, private or hidden group with internal messaging and forums.
Follow the guided steps –
Becoming a member of in good standing unlocks access to the GSS All Members’ Forum.
Plus, each group also has their own private forums and training assistance.
It is included in your monthly membership fee.
It is a form of progress report that certifies a member has viewed a particular course in its entirety and answered the associated quizzes correctly.
View a course of lessons and videos in their entirety, complete the practice drill recommendations, answer and submit correctly the associated quizzes.
Read the Course Materials – Course Progression sheet for further information.
The self-certification is included in the monthly subscription.
It signifies you are certified as having mastered the theory behind the course exercise drills and their integration into actual dance steps, as having complete capability on the correct physical execution of the exercise and have been tested as qualified to teach individuals or groups in the Global Smooth System.
The cost for the Certified Trainer test is USD 325.
Once you have passed, the annual trainer’s membership fee is USD 150 and you will need to be a member in good standing to be listed as a Certified Trainer on the GSS website.
Contact us by email and request information on becoming a certified trainer.
The testing is done by Toni Redpath either in person or, should there be geographic or financial constraints, by live video. There is only a pass or fail grade.
Once you have been certified you will be listed on the GSS website as a Certified Trainer and are authorized as competent to train others in the drill. Should you fail, you may retake a test after 14 days.
The Smooth Elements Chart (created by Toni Redpath) shows on one page all permissible closed syllabus (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
The Chart is free to access and download.
The Chart Elements Course (featuring Toni Redpath, Yegor Novikov and Alexandra Smirnova), demonstrates and explains all of the chart elements, and can be purchased here.
The Dance Chart Definitions sheet defines all of the Elements Chart terms with accompanying photographic examples (featuring Toni Redpath and Michael Mead).
See the syllabus page
Currently there are three bundled video sets in the library:
Not directly, but the Smooth Training System provides the essential underpinning and is complementary to the library courses in that it covers how you would implement the dance material shown in the library videos.
Presenter Toni Redpath, performers Yegor Novikov, Alexandra SmirnovaÂ
The Dance Elements Chart Course covers and explains all permissible syllabus and competition closed syllabus (Bronze, Silver, Gold) dance elements
Presenter Toni Redpath, presenters and performers Nick Cheremukhin and Viktorija Barasihina
Toni explains how to translate Smooth style terminology into International Ballroom dancing with demonstrations from Nick and Viktorija.
Includes example sections of how to convert choreography from International Ballroom to Smooth style in all four Smooth dances.
Presenter and performer Jonathan Roberts, performer Selena JohnsonÂ
The title says it all… high impact and exciting open moves to spice up the dynamics of your Smooth style choreography.
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