Ballroom Dancing

I started ballroom dancing when I was about 11 or 12. The classes I attended taught me ballroom, latin and disco dancing and were amazing fun! I danced alongside my partner in many competitons and had all the pretty dresses and things that go alongside dancing. I decided to leave dancing at age 16, as I did not want to compete at an adult level. Recently, along with my partner, we have gone back to ballroom dancing as a hobby with our old teacher. There are a few other couples that have also re-joined the class, and we now dance with a few other adults as well. Ballroom dancing is a great hobby as it keeps you fit and is extremely fun to learn. ...  Read the complete review

When I was 5 my mum asked me if I would like to go to dancing lessons. I didn’t really know what I was agreeing to. I said yes anyway, it was an excuse to leave the boredom of the house and the back yard, which had been my boundaries up until then. She took me to a local dance school in the small town that we lived in. It was above some shops in the town centre. I remember holding my mums hand and walking up stairs that seemed to go on forever. We walked through the door into a room full of chairs with bags and clothes all over the place. Mum sat on a chair and I sat on her knee. I could here distant sounds of music, which suddenly came to a ...  Read the complete review

I have been dancing for 19 nearly 20 years, and I must say it is great fun. You can: *Compete *Take exams *Do it just for fun What ever your reason, it will help keep you fit and you will meet new people. If you just want to do it for fun, it doesn't really matter how good you are, as long as you enjoy yourself, that is all that matters. Examinations You can take exams, if you feel you want to. Any dance teacher, who has the right qualifications, can enter you for exams. There is no age limit. I was three when i took my first exam, and the oldest person i know who took an exam, was 82. The exams are ...  Read the complete review

OK, let’s get one thing straight first of all. I can’t dance. Put me on the dance-floor in a nightclub, and I look like king dick. Seriously, I have disgraced and embarrassed myself quite horribly before now. With that in mind, I’m still not a hundred percent sure of my reasons for starting ballroom dancing. This is how my story goes… --==How I got into it all ==-- I went to Southampton University. In my first year, one of my new-found friends joined the university ballroom dancing society and spent the rest of the year raving about how great it was. We remained unconvinced. Towards the end of the first year, we had to sort ...  Read the complete review