When someone mentions dancing what images does it conjure up? Dad dancing at a wedding? The glamour of the 1940s Hollywood films with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire? Cool and funky street dance / pop videos Immaculate and elegant ballerinas? The showy and glitzy props of Strictly Come Dancing? Outwardly dance is seen as a…
We would all love to be the type of dancer that everyone wants to dance with. To have our dancing admired. And to be seen to enjoy our dancing whoever we’re dancing with. It doesn’t always happen like that, and when you look around a dance floor there’ll be certain characters you spot. Here’s my…
I remember having a conversation years ago with a salsa friend who was surprised I’d not been invited to join the performance group she was in. ‘Your dance technique is so much better than mine. I might be better on the performance side but my technique is sloppy compared to yours’. We both had a…
I love dance. Obviously I do otherwise I’d not have set up this blog. But while I might love dance, there’s certain genres I’ll enjoy watching more than others. I was brought up watching and doing ballet, loved musical theatre, and I’ve done lots of partner dancing. I’ll happily watch whatever dance movie is on. …
As a dancer, it’s always sad when another ballroom or dance venue closes, and over the last year there’s been a few. In particular in our area, the Rover Club in Oxford saw its last dance night in April. Those monthly nights were always packed out on the large dancefloor, and with a (seriously cheap)…
For a social dancer, being asked to dance is a big thing, as is asking someone to dance. I’ve always found you can’t hide away and not ask people to dance. Similarly it’s not the done thing to refuse a dance if someone asks. People do refuse but it’s rare, and I can probably count…
When they hear I dance, so many people say to me ‘oh I’d love to be able to dance’ or ‘wow that’s brave/good’ or ‘I’m jealous’ or ‘I’d never dance in public’ or ‘dancing’s for girls’ plus a lot of other variations. It seems there are a lot of myths around dancing and I want…
