Blog: Dance Tips

How to remember moves

Do you ever get home from a class only to find you have completely forgotten the moves you were performing very well only an hour earlier. I do too, and I am teaching them! Here is a solution; video them on your mobile phone. At the start of the lesson the instructor often performs the whole routine, this is the time to get your phone out ready to record. Once the routine is on your phone you can play it back and forth until your heart (and memory) is content.Read the full article here

posted by paul on 27th January

The Spacial Awareness of Men

Fellas, when dancing with a lady keep one eye on the space around you. If you see that she is at risk of being trod on, bumped into or elbowed then gently guide here away from the danger. You don't have to stop dancing, just glide her away from the area. If you want to be really macho then turn her round and protect her from the danger with your massive torso (and take the potential hit yourself!).Read the full article here

posted by paul on 27th January

Tension is key to good following

This one is for the ladies, particulary the beginners although there are two hidden tips for the men as well. Putting it into practice will result in an immediate improvement to your partner dancing during freestyle. Here's the situation. You're dancing away, coping niceley with the basic moves, when all of a sudden he puts you into a move you have never learnt before in lessons. Confused, you stop dead in your tracks as you give him the look of 'what was that you were ...Read the full article here

posted by paul on 27th January