Throughout my 20 year career, I have heard so many women accuse the dance teacher of being sexist. I have even been accused of it too. Women have even accused other female dance teachers with the same slur. Unfortunately, I do admit that when dancing was introduced and Queen Victoria decreed that men should lead,…
How to Lead in Ballroom Dancing…
The phrase I hear most often in my job is “he doesn’t lead me”. I never knew this was going to be the echo in my dance halls. Hearing this at least three to four times a week is like having three or four extra nagging wives. The first question I always ask the girl…
Dancing through Covid-19
Three months into lockdown. Over 40,000 people lost to this disease in the UK. Family get togethers are still limited to social distanced walks and odd garden parties. Those being shielded still muddling through on their own. This has been an awful, difficult time for everyone. For me, dancing is my lifelong passion, my livelihood…
Down the rabbit hole
My mind feels like it has been in a rabbit hole for weeks now. My eyes are wide open looking for any landmarks. Yet the land is covered by a mist like on a horror movie. I only seem to be able to navigate by just going deeper and deeper. I just have to hope…
History of Jive: Join our Free Remote Class
Personal History of Jive My own ‘History of Jive’ has been a special one because the jive has always been a better dance for me. Not because I studied it more than the others or because I practised it more. Jive was so natural for me that I didn’t have to practice it much. Possibly…
Ballroom & Latin Competitions: New Ambitions
Ballroom & Latin Competitions in 2020 The new year is upon us and the Ballroom & Latin competitions are about to start in earnest. I will be pushing my school and my competitive team more than they have ever been pushed before. The new methods and the training I have planned is going to sort…
Dance Lessons – Why Rubies Dance Centre?
Dance Lessons – Why Rubies Dance Centre and shopping on the internet If you’re looking to have dance lessons – why Rubies Dance Centre? Why choose to have your dance lessons with us? When choosing to buy anything now, we usually turn to the internet first. So have you ever thought about what the internet…
How to Practice Ballroom Dancing Part 2
How to Practice Ballroom Dancing Part 2 – So Far So you have hopefully started with part one of this series – How to Practice Ballroom Dancing. Hopefully, you have started to follow the simple rules which we set out in that first part. If you haven’t yet, I would suggest you stop reading this….
Learn to Dance the Cha Cha Cha Basics in Surrey!
Learn to Dance the Cha Cha Cha Basics in Surrey – Understanding what you are learning! Before we discuss learning to dance the Cha Cha Cha basics, let’s put the dance in context. Five is the number of balance. It also symbolises man, health and love. According to some, it’s the number for marriage. The…
How to Practice Ballroom Dancing Part 1
How to practice ballroom dancing? This can be a very complicated subject with many different approaches and opinions. This will be the first in a series of blogs on how to practice ballroom dancing in an effort to bring you as much knowledge as possible. How to Practice Ballroom Dancing – The surprises! Many things…
Social Dances in Surrey
If you live in the dance world for over 30 years, you tend to see trends come and go. Social dances are one of those top trends. At any one time there can be social dances everywhere and then six months later you are wondering where they have all gone. Most of my pupils are…
Learning to Dance in Egham
The dream of dancing The darkness of the night seems to be overwhelming. A blackness covering everything with a sheet of gloom. The wind blows. It howls into the blackness as the rain lashes down. Everything gains a glistening shine. Inside, you look out into the darkness and you settle in for the evening warm…
