MsHedgehog

You know when you have your head set for the wrong thing? I was all set for a quiet afternoon at the Letchmore Heath tea dance, a bit of nic...

When you dance with a new person, I think it's a good thing if your first mistake happens early. A missed lead, a moment of leader indec...

When people dance at parties or in nightclubs, they are not making art. People dance to celebrate good luck, or to encourage their team, or ...

Interior, Practica Hedgie Ok, I just want to try this because if I understand what it is, I'll be able to do it or not do it on purpos...

This is a subject that's been intriguing and puzzling me for a while. I'm finding a lot of friends and acquaintances who have variou...

... which some people do to freshen the breath, is: Given an appropriate height difference, it makes a revolting YhakYhakYhak noise right ...

"I know he prefers being asked by looking, and I tried it, but I couldn't get it to work, so I went up and asked." Noooooooo!...

There are funny things that happen with some dancers and the music. I can can occasionally find myself dancing with people who dance to th...

Here's the deal on me and ganchos. My free leg technique isn't pro level. We are never likely to be going fast enough or to have eno...

This came up in an email correspondence. In which someone (do you want to be credited? I'll edit) David Bailey said: “Huh, I didn'...

Imagine a dancing class in which the subject matter, time, location, organisation, and teacher are such that these conditions occur: Leaders...

From a couple of weeks ago. Emphasis mine. Email 1 : “Contents: This class is designed to help students understand the notion of connection ...

[ Update 25/01/10: The milonga at this venue is cancelled , probably permanently - they're looking for a new one] I think that some pe...

There's live music, with real live musicians playing their instruments right there and then. There's dead or suspended-animation mus...

When I see someone who, when I was so ill-judging as to dance with him, heaved my waist to the right, shoved my head to the left, bounced up...

If I'm going to be 'soft' as well as 'light' and 'easy to lead', and other presumably-good things people sometim...

Readers of Terry Pratchett will know Anoia, goddess of Things that get stuck in Drawers. Whenever someone furiously rattles a stuck drawer, ...

Yesterday I went to the Crypt earlier than I usually would because it was Adrian and Amanda Costa, and I wanted to take the class. Unfortuna...

I had a strange dance with someone I didn't know. He was fine except for one truly bizarre little quirk - he insisted on turning his fac...

A counter-example. Although I whinge sometimes about specific moves, and I really do experience them as ‘eww’-some or frightening or tires...