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…
The best dance ads of the last few years
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 recent years (especially if you’ve got more than Freeview on…
Dance blogs you should read or follow
When I started this blog, there was only one other standalone modern jive blog which launched around the same time. Ok, so some modern jive organisations have a few articles on their websites but none seemed to be regularly updated. With lots of discussions going on in Facebook groups or forums about modern jive, I…
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…
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…
Rewind Forward – Yorke Dance Project at The Mill review
Long time, no write. Life just gets in the way (and my other blog). I have tonnes of ideas for posts for What about Dance, I just need to get writing. If you’ve got something you’d like to get off your chest (dance based!) then I’m happy to have guest posts, anonymous or not. Just…
Captive by Motionhouse Dance Theatre – outdoor dance
This blog might be focused largely on modern jive because that’s the dance style I mostly do myself. But I love most styles of dance and I’m keen to bring in other styles to What about Dance. Because that’s what modern jive is – a mash up of lots of different styles with every dancer…
