Latest Dances taught….
30.11.10 NO CLASS due to snow.
23.11.10 TONIGHT I’M LOVING YOU (Ria Vos) Not the easiest of teaches but it is marked on the step sheet as intermediate/advanced. I just love this Enrique track featuring a rap by Ludacris. It took a few plays though for some of the class to feel the same way. In the dance we found it quite hard to do the hip rolls while unwinding half a turn in section 4. Some also didn’t want to do the step together after the rolling vine (and before the cross shuffle) that links sections 6 and 7. But after 3 plays though, I think we’d just about mastered it and the class appeared to be enjoying it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMnda9tf-04
16.11.10 YOU’RE AMAZING (Guyton Mundy) Don’t be put off by thinking this is a newline dance, the music by Bruno Mars is very much mainstream pop – it was no 1 in the pop charts a while back, and the dance is very “do-able” for most intermediate classes. I expected them to struggle more with the opening two sections but they actually picked them up fairly quickly. I also gave alternatives for those who prefer not to do all the turns. Note from the choreographer’s video below, the 3 ball cross steps travel on the diagonal (not to the side). Good reaction from the class.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXfUNqVUQgU
09.11.10 AMBITIONS (Karl-Harry Winson) This was the choreographer who worked alongside Robbie McGowan Hickie to bring us Unpredictable, currently sitting inside the Top 10. This dance is equally good – straightforward, no nonsense steps and once you get past the high-pitched vocals, its a very catchy track and very danceable. 64 counts with a restart and a tag and its all finished in just under 3 minutes! Music from Joe McElderry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phndt80e8M8
09.11.10 BLUE NIGHT CHA (Kim Ray) Have to admit, I’d missed this one until I saw at the weekend how it was filling the floor at Hemsby. Only a very quick teach of under 5 minutes needed and another one that can be used as a gentle break from the harder stuff. Music from Michael Learns To Rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z80p7q70OQ
For details of dances previously taught, click below….