There are a number of songs that conjure incredibly strong memories of particular people, routines and instances from my student days when I was part of the university’s ballroom and latin dancing society. As a society, we started staging showcases as a form of fundraising, or so we told ourselves – in truth, they usuallyContinue reading “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”
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This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
The opening strains of “This Will Be” can be heard, and suddenly the room is empty, except for me and him. Floating across the dance floor, in the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool. Under the lights, with no other people, except for the flashes of colour in my peripheral vision, as the other dancers swirl around.Continue reading “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)”
Dance with me tonight
Lades and gentlemen, we’ve got a special treat for you tonight… I do have a lot of wonderful upbeat jives I keep finding on this list, and well, I’m missing my dancing, so it’s giving me a chance to think through hip action, foot action, turns and balance. And partnering. Jive is a lot ofContinue reading “Dance with me tonight”
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