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I’ve decided 2020 is going to be my year of the theatre. Not quite once a month, but so far my ticket bookings for the year are looking healthy, if a bit clustered across the same months. I need to get them spread out a Continue reading A Chorus Line at Warwick Arts Centre
Quite by accident I spotted an ad for the Ballet Central summer show at Chipping Norton theatre. Each year the graduating students from Central Ballet School do a summer tour around the UK as part of the Ballet Central touring company, so I decided it Continue reading Ballet Central Summer tour 2019
Yes, Christmas is a long time away (well a few months), but the time will whizz by in a blur of work dos, freestyles and various other fun activities you have to coordinate in your seasonal dance calendar. With some Christmas and new year events Continue reading How to make your Christmas season dance calendar happen
When I first started social dancing, salsa in my case, I was oblivious to the idea of a dance freestyle night. I went along for a class night which was held in a dance studio and when the two classes beginner and intermediate finished there Continue reading When is a dance freestyle not just a freestyle
One of the great things about modern jive is the music. Because it can be danced to any music – from golden oldie to contemporary pop, from dance to latin. While main room music tends to stick to a similar 4 count beat, within a Continue reading Broadening musical tastes in modern jive
After years of ballet lessons and going to see the ballet, it has been some time since I’ve been to big ballet production. I’d managed to buy tickets for the last night of Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella at the Birmingham Hippodrome and Saturday was our time Continue reading Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella at the Birmingham Hippodrome
While most people attempt to dance at some point in their lives, even if it’s just a shuffle round their handbags in a club, or a bit of a dad dance, there’s not enough dance on television in my opinion. This has been increasing in Continue reading The best dance ads of the last few years