What’s in my dance bag for a modern jive night
Social dancing like modern jive doesn’t need specific clothing or footwear meaning it’s really accessible. Take a look at what’s in my dance bag
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Getting back to west coast swing and technicalities of dance
Finally, after 18 months of being back dancing and saying I would go, I’ve been back to west coast swing. The last time I danced it (other than a couple of random attempts at a 2 room freestyle) was 6.5 years ago just after the first Midland Swing weekender when I was 7 months pregnant. …
Milton Keynes Kings Centre ceroc class review
One of the reasons I love where I live is because it’s so easy and quick to drive to a lot of places. Within an hour I can be in about 7 counties. So while there are no modern jive classes in my nearest towns, with a 45 minute drive I can be at any…
The A-Z of modern jive dance – an introduction
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…
How to be a good leader in social dancing
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…
The dance weekender – why you should go on one
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…
Tango Fire setting the argentine tango stage alight
I’ve only had a couple of weekender classes learning argentine tango, but I love to watch it. It’s one of those dances that unless you’re brought up dancing it, it’s going to take year to get to a reasonable standard. It also unnerves me about all the rules of milongas. Compared to modern jive where…
