Lessons THURSDAY LUNCHTIME, in Central London! No membership fees, Come any week!
Lessons starting in Feb 2012, details coming soon!
Addresses for details:
General info: http://www.wouldyoudance.com/zumba.html
Prepay: http://www.wouldyoudance.com/workshop/payment_w.htm
See you in class soon!
Taina
Come take part in a fun Zumba fitness class Wednesdays 7.30pm in Studio25, in Manchester city centre, 2 mins from Market Street tram stop!
Time just flies when you are dancing and you’ll feel great afterwards!
The lessons are aimed for everyone, yes, complete beginners with two left feet as well 
Starting off with a warm-up, dancing through Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, Reggaeton into cool-down and stretching – a complete work-out will be done before you notice it.
There are no membership fees, you can try it any week. A lesson is £5
Address
studio 25 (room 1)
25 Church Street
M4 1PE
Any questions, do give me a call 079 49743 549 or email taina@wouldyoudance.com
Come join the fun!!!
Each Zumba lesson is different as teacher’s are different – that’s why I wanted to write a little note on what is it like in my Zumba class
Dance time is 50 minutes, which means that once I press play on the iPod there won’t be stopping for more than the couple of seconds of silence between each track. This keeps your heart rate up and helps you get a good workout!
There’s a warm-up of 3 tracks, starting with an easy and gentle one, then alternatively a more upbeat one or one aimed at toning. In the end we’ll have one song for cool down to get the hear rate down and then stretching.
In between Salsa, Cumbia, Reggaeton, Swing, Rock’n’Roll, Merenque etc etc and having fun with it and going with the music. It will be a mix of dances. People are friendly and no one is looking at you, everyone is busy doing their thing!
The class is meant to be easy and fun, so I won’t have a technical session of breaking the steps down before we start. Each song builds up from the easy stuff to bit more challenging – and if you find something too tricky, just do the feet and add the arms once you are ready!
How much energy will it all take? It’s actually up to you: if you feel like going for it big time: lift your knees higher, travel more, bigger arm movements, go lower in squats etc. And if it’s too much, make your movements smaller.
You can have a drink of water any time you want, though mostly people do this in between songs. You definitely should bring a bottle of water with you.
Tuesday and Wednesday classes have for the most part different songs, so you can take part in both lessons. There will be a new track or two every two weeks so you’ll have new things coming in.
If you have any questions, email me or give me a ring!
Hope to see you in Zumba class soon!
Taina 
Zumba is great – it is fun AND you get fit at the same time, without noticing it
Kristie Leong MD has written an article about workout benefits of Zumba lessons on Healthmad
To paraphrase her article:
1) Zumba is a total body workout: you get the aerobic part, toning and burn calories
2) The music keeps you going and new songs keep you motivated to carry on – this is something you can really stick to, instead of dropping out after 2 tries.
3) It relieves stress as you copy the moves of the Zumba instructor – you loose your inhibitions while playing your imaginary air guitar / air piano etc
4) It’s a form of Interval training – the combination of slow and fast tempo songs burns the calories
So come and try it!
There are places in both Tuesday and Wednesday classes, no joining fee and you can pop in any week you want!
And, yes, it is suitable for all levels – total beginners as well!
All details, prepayment and availability here
xx
Taina
From Sterling Media:
Saturday 17th April saw the launch of the Bollywood Dance Championships 2010, a UK wide talent contest in search for UK’s next Bollywood superstar and dancer in the making.
Over 800 people turned up to audition and wowed the Judges with their talent, from Belly Dancing to Bhangra, Hip-Hop to Salsa and Burlesque to Bollywood, all for one lucky finalist to win a role in a Bollywood film and premium toutelage from award winning Bollywood supremo Honey Kalaria. (10 awards will be announced at the finale covering solo and group performers).
Along with the auditionees an array of high end press attended to get a piece of the action! Take a look at the links below to see just what you missed!
For a one-off opportunity, the Bollywood Dance Championships committee are giving dance professionals the chance to FAST TRACK into the semi-finals on 21st and 23rd May 2010 for the Talent Show Heats. From the 300 hopefuls, 56 will be selected to participate in the finals at the O2 in July 2010.
This fantastic opportunity does not only give you the chance to win the overall prize; it also gives you priceless experience of performing in front of an esteemed judging panel, as well as a live audience and television crews. So even if you are not interested in winning the competition what better experience than to perform for some of the best in the business?
How to enter:
Entering is easy; all you have to do is send us a 1 minute video showcasing your talent for the chance to become part of this year’s growing phenomenon to press@sterlingmedia.co.uk. There is no entry fee for the FAST TRACK process and each participant will even be offered professional training in Bollywood dance if they wish – the information for which we can forward on.
Should you wish for more information please contact Sterling Communications on 020 7801 0077.
Good Luck!
There are different aspects you should consider when deciding on your first wedding dance song. Of course you want it to be a song that you and your partner like but do bear in mind that you will need to be able to dance to it as well and then the tempo (not too slow, not too fast – have a look on Wedding dance -page for examples) and clear beat will carry more importance than you might have thought before.
You might be one of those couples who think that it’s their day and they get to enjoy it to the full. You might also consider the guests and whether the song would be something that everyone knows and can join in during the chorus, tap their feet and feel a warm glow while watching you dance.
One more thing to ponder about is the length of the song – will you dance the whole song through or have your relatives or all your guests join you after a while? 1 min 30 secs or so is a good time on the floor by yourselves. Then you can invite the relatives / guests (as per your choice) to join you to finish off the song. Alternatively you can either fade out the song after the big finish (round that 1,5 min point) or if you have a band, have them wrap up the song from there – your guests will join in for the second song instead.
Happy listening while choosing your tune!
The most important factor when considering the clothing for your wedding dance lesson, is that you need to be comfortable. For some this means smart casual (dress, heels, shirt, tie etc) and for others jeans & T-shirt. As a teacher I don’t mind. It is a dance lesson so as long as you can move around, that’s fine.
Shoes are a bit different as the soles should be a little bit slippery so that you can swivel on the ball of the foot – very grippy / sticky trainers won’t work. The height of the heel for the ladies should be about the same as you will have on the wedding day; if you do this on one lesson then you’ll know what it feels like to dance in heels and if you should practice a bit more or if you are fine and can do the rest in flat shoes. Some dance studios have very nice wooden floors and they won’t allow you to wear spiky stiletto heels which might dig holes on the floor.
Enjoy your lessons!
There are various dance listings out there in the web, some of them get updated, others not.
Is there a need for one more???
A listing that would be in a calendar format (instead of rows and rows of text), and you could choose which dance styles you want to see and which locations?
Comments appreciated
Wikipedia describes blogs as:
“A blog (a contraction of the term weblog) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketches (sketchblog), videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting), which are part of a wider network of social media” (Wikipedia: Blog”
You don’t really want to keep visiting blogs just to see if there’s anything new. That’s where various readers come in to the picture. You could use a Google Reader as I do: Google reader
It’s free and once you have subscribed to it, you can choose which blogs you’ll want it to follow up for you. When there are new posts in the blogs you have chosen, you can see them straight away in your reader. Very handy and saves you loads of time!
Here’s another clip showing an Authentic Jazz Step! This one is called ‘Full Break’, which is part of a solo dance ‘Shim Sham’. Look at the slow motion parts, maybe a couple of times and you should get the hang of it
If you can’t see the embedded video above, click on the link view the video: How do you dance: Full Break
