For those new to modern jive, here’s a simple A-Z of modern jive. Hopefully it’ll provide a guide and glossary on what to expect once you start to dance. Arm-ography – with modern jive being a fusion of many dance styles, and being a partner dance, connection through the arms tends to be the main method…
We all have views on what makes a good dance partner. I’ve shared my thoughts previously, and this post follows the same structure as my how to be a good leader post. This post covers in more detail the how to be a good follower. You’ll see that many of the points are similar to…
Lots of teachers (and other advanced dancers) get annoyed by non-teachers trying to teach people how to dance. I’m not going to do this, because if you want to dance well and improve it’s about getting good basic dance lessons, and practice. But so many people struggle to spin and haven’t ever been taught. Here…
I previously shared why everyone should go on a dance weekender or congress. Now I’m sharing what actually happens on one. Obviously everyone’s experience is different but after going on both Ceroc Escape weekenders, and Jive Addiction and Midland Swing weekenders, I can certainly share from my point of view. For those who have no…
I wrote previously about my thoughts on how to be a good dance partner. This post covers in more detail the how to be a good leader, focusing on modern jive, but easily transferable to other social dances like salsa, west coast swing and others. While some might say, pah she follows, what would she…
Since starting back dancing again, I’ve not been on a dance weekender. With a child it’s unlikely to ever happen given weekends are the only time I get to spend with him with work and school. So I stalk social media for all the talk about weekenders instead. If you’ve not yet popped your weekender…
If you partner dance, you should aspire to be a good dance partner. After all, you can’t have an enjoyable dance at any level unless both people play their part. However, partner dancing is also challenging. It’s not something most people have done (except maybe country dancing at school – I don’t know if they…
