What’s more important Technique or Choreography? This is a great question and one that will have many experts, teachers, coaches and students with their own opinion on. But it will help to realize that when dancing you can learn an average choreographic step within 15 minutes. As I heard in a Blackpool Congress lecture from Peter Eggleton “I can teach you a Feather step (in … [Read more...]
Friend or Foe?
A recent Ballroom dance lesson I had with the amazing Anne Gleave (Former Ballroom Champion) reminded me of my previous lessons with my first incredible coach - Penny De Kauwe. She always reminded us that the floor is our friend. One thing I have noticed time and time again in ballroom or latin classes I teach, wether in the UK or Australia is feet being lifted off the … [Read more...]