If you’re passionate about modern jive (or other social partner dancing), then you’re in the right place. I love to talk modern jive and that’s why I created What about Dance. We can talk modern jive technique and tips, but that’s not all modern jive is about. Modern jive is a community full of social…
If you’ve just moved up to a modern jive improvers class, or have been dancing a while but feel stuck in a rut, then you’re in the right place. Hopefully What about Dance has the tips and information to help answer questions you have, and help your dancing improve. What about dance includes posts about:…
If you’re new to modern jive, or still feeling like you’re a beginner although you’re past that total newbie phase, then you’re in the right place. What about Dance is for all levels of modern jiver and most of my tips can be related to other social dance styles. I also include my learnings from…
One of the big selling points of modern jive is that anyone can learn it, and that after only one beginner’s class, even a non-dancer can be up and dancing by the end of the night. It’s unlikely they’ll be amazing, but they’ll have 3-4 basic moves, hopefully an understanding of the beat and rhythm…
One of the hardest things in social dancing, for leaders in particular, is knowing what you’re going to lead. As a beginner it’s probably the hardest thing to get past. I call it the improvisation block, and is something we need to get over. Even as someone coming to modern jive and leading from another…
So many people go through life saying they wish they could dance, but don’t do anything about it. I believe if more people knew about social dancing there’d be a lot more people out there on the dancefloor. They may love watching others dance, at the theatre or on tv through Strictly Come Dancing and…
Dance moves. The stumbling block for so many dancers. Or so they think. Are a repertoire of lots of fancy modern jive moves really needed to be a good social dancer? One of the worries that beginner and improver dancers often have, is that they can’t remember or don’t know enough moves. I’m talking leaders…
