Table 1

 

Calories Burned*

 

Dance Style                                                 Calories Per Hour

Aerobic (low to high impact)                       350 to 550

Slow Ballroom                                               210

Fast: Ballroom, Disco,

Folk, Square, Country-Western                  265 to 650

Salsa  (or Mambo)                                         420+

“Freestyle” or Individual                               300 to 325

*Numbers based on 150-pound person