Category Archive: Dance Styles

Salsa & Bachata: From Zero to Hero in the Canary Islands

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This is how I learned to dance Salsa and Bachata in the Canary Islands. It was a 4-week-workshop in a stunning outdoor location by the waterfront.

Stories from the West End

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After 6 months of lockdown, Mampara Dance Company came back together on stage at The Sainsbury Theatre to perform CATS. The rehearsals and the performance

Taken during the performance "Oh What A Show" on 8th December 2019 at LAMDA.  Hayley Bowman, Kelsey Williams, Nikole McGillvary, Navin Nair, Tamina Koehne-Drube, Becca Lam from left to right. (c) Sam Taylor. Multiple dancers on stage in mostly red clothes. The one in the middle has her right leg lifted, her arms form triangular shapes behind her head. The male dancer next to her points towards her with his right arm.

Back to studio: An interview about dance before, during and after lockdown

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Natalie Hunt, founder of Mamparadance, talks in an interview about teaching during lockdown and the return to studio classes in September 2020.

Sadler's Wells Sampled 2020

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The Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London started the new year with a dance taster festival: Sadler’s Wells Sampled took place on 31st January and 1st February at the theatre.

Sadler’s Wells Sampled 2020

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The Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London started the new year with a dance taster festival: Sadler’s Wells Sampled took place on 31st January and 1st February at the theatre.

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Rain Dancers of Vuokatti

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Both images: Strictly style dance competitors in the rain in Vuokatti, 2011 The weather has been horrible today – dull, grey, wet and far too cold – but I’m off to somewhere marginally… Continue reading →

Dancers celebrating the official launch of Big Dance 2012 at St Pancras Station

3 dance images representing Locus on #wordymonday

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All images: Young dancers from Akademi celebrating the official launch of Big Dance 2012 at St Pancras Station I selected this first photograph of young Akademi dancers below a clock and the Olympic… Continue reading →

Dancers performing Anton Du Beke's 'Easty to Love' at the Lilian Baylis Theatre

Words Worth at Lilian Baylis Theatre

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All images: Dancers performing Anton Du Beke’s Easy to Love at the Lilian Baylis Theatre I had a lovely evening watching Words Worth tonight after the  photo call earlier. The show itself was… Continue reading →

Dancesation Expo 2012

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I’m just back from a final meeting with Yvonne Chan to top and tail an article for next month’s Dance Today. She put together yesterday’s Dancesation Expo – a charity danceathon for DanceAid… Continue reading →

same sex partners dancing salsa at Broadwalk Boardroom, Regents Park. August 2012

al fresco fun

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This couple (Lemington Ridley and Lorcan Mullany) were fantastically expressive dancers, swapping lead and follow so seamlessly and dancing with such musicality it was difficult to focus on other dancers at the event.… Continue reading →