dance | Partner dance

No partner, no worries

Many partner dance skills are personal. The ability to connect, improve and expand your awareness in your partner dancing experience is in

Opening up creativity with solo movement

I had become so serious in doing certain steps and striving to do them the right way, to impress someone else, or even just to impress mysel

What is conscious partner dancing?

Partner dancing with another person is the one of the most joyous things I have experienced.

Getting out of a dancing rut

Once our bodies have learned to do a move and we've repeated the same thing for years and years our movements fall from our conscious awaren

You dance like you

As a unique individual you have a unique style when it comes to dancing. The way you carry your body is completely unique as it is made up

Micro-dances

I love micro dances – and by micro dances I mean dances which use tiny, intricate movements. I love them because they have given me so much

More than the two of you

1 + 1 = 3 The practice of dancing together is more than just two sets of dance moves fitting together. There is that third element, that...

The invitation

For less pressure on the dance partnership, seeing the act of leading as one of invitation, opens up new possibilities.

Being and doing - practicing technique and flow

Being and doing, in dancing I see this as technique and flow. I like to see this as technique and flow rather than technique versus flow

You can dance

It is my suspicion that dance is inherently easy. Far easier than we give it credit for, and that actually moving is innate within everyone

Practicing new moves

When you see people doing amazing moves, it's the flow and grace that captures your attention. When your moves become easy to do then you f

Moving from your centre

Moving from your centre is important for leading. If you want to move your partner, clarity comes from moving your centre, not your extremi

Finding you – solo dance for partner dancers (part one)

Steps are great, but what are steps without improvisation and your interpretation of them? Improvisation is your dance.

Stretch and compression

Compression and stretch, although a term used widely in Lindy Hop, has been the basis for all my leading and following no-matter what style

The quality of your steps

I love every single one of my steps when I dance. The quality of my steps is why I enjoy my dancing.

Dynamic posture

Taking the approach of looking at how your posture is and understanding how it is the way it is, is a great step to helping you move with ea

The key to smooth and creative leading

So, I'm about to give away the number one secret to leading in a way that flows effortlessly from one move to the other, and it's to use the

The art of following

As a follow, you follow the energy that your lead is giving you. The lead initiates a movement, and to make this a partner dance, the energ

Structure vs improvisation

I love partner dance because it brings a wonderful interplay of steps vs improvisation – structure and chaos.

Relaxed shoulders for better connection

The arms are the line of connection in partner dance. So having a relaxed arm will enable leads to send clear messages and follows to under