Category Archive: routes to learning dance

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.

OBR Flashmob Rehearsals at London's City Hall, (c) Carole Edrich 2013

International Women’s Day: dancing strength

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This is the final of my series of three posts commemorating International Women’s Day. All taken from the OBR Flashmob rehearsal in London’s City Hall, I’ve selected them because of the strength, intensity,… Continue reading →

International Women’s Day #1

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I don’t have much time because of deadlines but am posting a few of the OBR Flashmob rehearsals as an early celebration for International Women’s Day.

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OBR Flashmob class - Flamenco Component, (c) Carole Edrich 2013

One Billion Rising – Flashmob in 7 days

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One Billion Rising (OBR) is looking for people of all ages and abilities to take part in a dance flashmob on Valentine’s Day. I’ll be writing about it and the initiative (brainchild of… Continue reading →

Suzanna Molnár leading a belly dance taster workshop at a studio in Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler's Wells, (c) Carole Edrich 2013

City Academy Belly Dance Taster: Saturday at Sadler’s Wells

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Today was absolutely packed. I started by loosing 40 minutes looking for a spare camera battery before remembering it was already packed with the rest of my camera gear, went on to wrap… Continue reading →

Raquel Greenberg giving a tango styling workshop, (c) Carole Edrich 2012

Tango Styling with Raquel Greenberg

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A couple of weeks ago I did a tango styling workshop with Raquel Greenberg. While she can’t be considered a newcomer by any stretch of the imagination (she has been a regular visitor… Continue reading →

Christmas Burlesque dancers at City Academy's November Showcase (c) Carole Edrich 2012

Telling the right story at Christmas (with the help of photoshop)

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Good story telling is hard, and the way you need to think about conveying it change radically according to how it will be told. For stand-alone images, it’s even more difficult as the… Continue reading →

Burlesque dancers at the City Academy Showcase November 2012. (c) Carole Edrich 2012

Burlesque Showcase

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I’m really hoping to have finished processing the photographs from the burlesque dancing section of the City Academy Showcase today as I want to give everyone at City Academy an idea of the… Continue reading →

City Academy dancers at Dancesation Expo 2012

City Academy Dancers at Dancesation Expo

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All images: City Academy dancers at Dancesation Expo 2012 Earlier today I had a great meeting with the people at City Academy, the results of which I hope to be able to publish… Continue reading →

Tomorrow's Men at Canary Wharf

Ineluctable

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Both images: Tomorrow’s Men at Canary Wharf Time for a change. Every Monday I’m going to pick images that I think reflect an interesting sounding word, some of which I hope that you… Continue reading →