observations

Do modern jivers need good dance technique

Do modern jivers really need great dance technique?

ByEmmaT 29th June 201629th June 2016

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…

Commentary

Dancing cliques – truth or perception?

ByEmmaT 21st June 201622nd June 2016

So many times we hear people moan about dancing cliques. The people who are seen as above themselves, who won’t dance with other people. The teachers who only dance with a certain few. Or the people we’d love to dance with but aren’t approachable and keep themselves apart from everyone else with the impression they’re…