Dancing doesn’t come naturally to everyone. Many people of my generation and older remember dancing from their childhood – either ballet lessons or being forced to do country dancing. Nowadays, dance in schools is more fashionable with street dance the favoured dance style. But as adults many people are taking up dance. Whether they’ve been…
Going back to dancing after a break
My current dancing attendance is shocking. Yes I had all the freestyles in my diary for the year, including having paid for some tickets up front. But I’ve still not danced for a month. Yes, that meant I missed all the Christmas events, including the big one at Daventry. 2-3 weeks of it was a…
Do you need lifts, dips and drops for a good dance
When I first learnt to dance ceroc 8 years ago, the big aim always seemed to be learning dips and drops. I think we all saw people doing them and thought, wow they’re great dancers, I’d love to learn those. And men did throw them in quite frequently on the freestyle dance floor. Of course,…
Does learning to dance ruin your disco dancing?
I have a theory about doing dance classes . The theory is that learning a specific dance has made me even less likely to enjoy or be able to throw some shapes on the dancefloor at parties, clubs and weddings. Yes, I believe learning to dance modern jive (and salsa) have ruined me for disco…
