It’s Never too Late to Start Ballroom Dancing!
‘I shouldn’t do ballroom dancing, I’m too old!’ ‘I won’t fit in!’
No matter what age you are, it’s never too late to start ballroom dancing! Doing Ballroom Dancing can help improve many things physically, emotionally, and mentally.
The Myth of needing a partner to start Ballroom Dancing
This myth is not true, you don’t need a partner to start!
This is a very common question for new ballroom dancer learners and it holds them back from starting dance lessons…
Mayfair Quickstep – The dance with the most variance!
Mayfair Quickstep is one of the most well-known New Vogue dances as well as one of the most popular dances at DK’s Friday night social. It is a beginner level dance, so it’s not too hard to learn, it’s fun, it’s energetic, and usually gets the whole studio up and dancing. However, it may surprise you just how much the dance has evolved since its beginnings.
Spacial Awareness in Ballroom dancing
Spacial Awareness This is an interesting topic as it affects all dancers differently. Spacial Awareness is knowing where your body is in space in relation to objects and other people. […]
The Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve
Let’s be honest. How many times have you attended a lesson with your dance teacher, learnt lots of great stuff, told yourself you will remember it all and practice hard, only to come back to your lesson the following week remembering NOTHING of what you were taught?!
Backleading in Ballroom dancing
“Stop Backleading!” Can there be a phrase more irritating to a Lady Dancer’s ears? Backleading is a term that gets thrown around a lot in a dance studio, by teachers and partners alike. But what does the term actually mean?
Actually, it is exactly as it sounds…
Slow Foxtrot – Running over each other in Luxury Cars
There is nothing quite as mesmerising as a beautiful Slow Foxtrot. That smooth, buttery, movement across the floor; an exercise in flow and grace. When danced with proficiency, Slow Foxtrot becomes almost ethereal in its demeanour.
Latin – the Party Dances!
Latin – the Party Dances!
My favourite Latin analogy is one you may have already heard; the duck swimming on the water. From above, we see only stillness and smoothness. Below the water surface, those little legs are paddling like crazy, working very hard to keep the duck moving!
Latin Dances – if all steps are ball-flat, why do we talk about the toe so much?
This is a FANTASTIC question that one of my students asked me a couple of weeks ago (thanks Peter!). It is true that most steps taken in Latin dances are ball-flat, not toe-flat as we may think. Paso Doble of course is the exception, which features…
Sing your Steps – a great way to remember routines
A couple of years ago I went to a social dance on the Gold Coast whilst on holiday. The venue wasn’t so much a studio as a hired hall which I believe was procured for fortnightly or monthly social dances. There was a wide range of ages present, and…