Ok, folks, I've been thinking (a dangerous thing, I know). Are there any new dances out there? Obviously styles within established categories of...
Hi, guys. I'm starting a series of dance classes for various groups as a business model with a view to bigger things. It's mainly mini courses and...
Hi, guys. Check out this interview with Eleanor Bergstein from Dirty Dancing. She wrote the movie and based both Baby and Johnny on her own life....
Ok, I'm a freak. I LOVE Dirty Dancing and have since day 1, but I watch it at least five or six times a year (if not more!). How many times have...
Hi, folks. Happy new year! :) I'm wondering how dance teachers are paid? I'm looking at putting together several six-week courses for a few groups...
Hi, folks. Not sure how many of you have seen the Aussie DWTS, but here's a video with Paul Zaidman from the Australian version. It's him doing a...
Hi, folks. I'm finally back dancing after almost 18 months!!!!! Is fabbo to be back, but thought I'd share this link with fellow salsaholics. It's a...
We've all talked quite extensively about tango classes, but have any of you taken private tango classes? I've never done it and, for some reason,...
Just wondering how many, if any, DFers will be in Melbourne for the World 10-dance championships and Australian championships next weekend. It...
There's a guy in our tango scene that always wears a little felt hat. It's got nothing to do with his dancing, but, boy, does it add a little pizzaz....
As someone who, sadly, doesn't speak Spanish, I love this website. It's a "dummies" guide to the spanish terminology that is as much AT as the...
In theory there are three levels of dancers: beginner, intermediate and advanced, but, how do you differentiate a beginner from someone who is...
What would you say are the five core things a beginner needs to learn, as a follower and a leader? I'll start the ball rolling, but the points...
Has anyone heard of Nuevo Tango? Apparently, it's a fusion of Argentine and ballroom. I've seen it danced, but it looks kinda odd. That said,...
Here in Australia we've got a style called New Vogue and there are three dances in particularly, Tango Terrific, La Bomba and the Tangoette, both...
Hi, folks. I'll be in London in mid Jan for a few weeks and was wanting to ask all the London DFers what's on and where is good. I'm staying...
My ballroom teacher says my dancing has become "tangoey". He says my waltz rondes are far too extravagant, my ochos too "fluid" and not solid and my...
The folks at ToTango offer an intriguing commentary on their mission to restore old tango (or any style) recordings. While most tango classics...
Have any of you folks listened to or danced to Tanghetto's electrotango?? All I can say is WOW. It's an amazing, catchy modern type of tango with...
A new dancing show is about to kick off in Australia. It's called Strictly Come Dancing (based on the BBC's show of the same name) where celebrities...
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