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 was worth checking out. I’ve not been to the ballet…
How to make your Christmas season dance calendar happen
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 requiring tickets to be bought in advance, it requires some…
When is a dance freestyle not just a freestyle
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 was no dancing afterwards. Everyone just headed off to the…
Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella at the Birmingham Hippodrome
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 to go. I quite often go to the theatre on…
3 rooms of dance heaven at Ceroc Passion Daventry
It’s not often I have friends to go along to dancing with, but for the October Daventry Blue and sparkle freestyle run by Ceroc Passion, I had 2 dancing friends in tow. Neither of them have been dancing regularly for a while, and certainly hadn’t been to a Daventry event for a long time so…
Supporting friends at Strictly Banbury competition
I’ve always been a fan of Strictly Come Dancing, and even more that, as a child years ago my mum would let me stay up late and watch Come Dancing. I loved the formation teams the best. In our area, there’s a ballroom and latin dance school who’ve organised local Strictly competitions for local heroes….
What really happens on a dance weekender
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…
