Posts in category Styles

Finally, a dance where I can stomp my feet and throw a tantrum. It’s Flamenco! The dancer looked really angry. Feet stomped wildly and arms more »

Salsa, Hip-Hop, Bellydance or Bollywood? There are so many dance styles, take this quiz to find yours! When it comes to movement and physicality, your more »

I shuffled into the studio just in time for warm-up when Martina popped in a hip-hop tune. Am I in the right class? ‘Front-right-back-left, front-right-back-left…..’ more »

They whirled like tops, long braids trailing, sprung into jumps and dipped into deep backbends. Then, with a coy head tilt, they dropped to their more »

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“I kind of hoped news programs would also have dance numbers.” Sadly, they didn’t, though I happily spent evenings in my hotel room in India more »

”Don’t make eye contact, he’s a terrible dancer.”   Man and woman did not circle the dance floor like bull and toreador.  They did not more »

“I’m not sure whether to put you in the male or female role.” I grew up in the western culture. I played sports alongside the more »

Hip Hop, comin’ at U from L.A… …L-A-N-G-L-E-Y, that is, a typical middle-class suburb where Hip Hop dancer Jen Oleksiuk grew up. She has never more »

“Venga, venga! Baile!” – Come, come! Dance! In a crowded café in Old Havana, I was jostled into the arms of a big black Cuban more »