tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post6505058983500524982..comments2023-09-27T12:44:03.592+01:00Comments on MsHedgehog: Dance ParticipationmsHedgehoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-57458219484357649572012-06-08T19:39:17.606+01:002012-06-08T19:39:17.606+01:00@Stephanie: yes, I considered whether that might h...@Stephanie: yes, I considered whether that might have something to do with it. But glancing through the windows into the classes I've classified as 'street' or 'urban' suggests they attract somewhere near 50% males. So it doesn't quite explain it by itself. (If, however, we regard ballet as mainstream but heavily female-dominated, we get a totally different picture).<br /><br />Yes, in my mother's generation various kinds of dance were taught in schools: I was even taught some country dancing (not for very long) in primary school.msHedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-21952350451929979522012-06-07T23:06:25.615+01:002012-06-07T23:06:25.615+01:00So.. the idea germinated fully...
http://versatil...So.. the idea germinated fully...<br /><br />http://versatilebloggeraward.files.wordpress.com<br /><br /> see my blog http://www.dancetog.com tomorrow after 11.30ish .. heh!Dance Toghttp://www.dancetog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-49662613216985227212012-06-06T10:34:14.533+01:002012-06-06T10:34:14.533+01:00To be able to do this, then you need to see the li...To be able to do this, then you need to see the link between practice and getting better. If you feel that practice pays off, then you will be happy to practice, and feel that it is making you a better dancer. You will get satisfaction from practice that is much like the satisfaction of actually dancing how you want to dance.zumba hamiltonhttp://www.nuvitzodance.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-31558810649105962712012-06-04T13:08:34.639+01:002012-06-04T13:08:34.639+01:00I think ballet is mainstream culture, especially i...I think ballet is mainstream culture, especially if you include contemporary dance, which has its base in ballet – but you have to look for it, just as you wouldn't know how popular tango is unless you started to look for it. I've been to the Royal Opera House when the Royal Ballet performed their evenings of three short contemporary works, and it was packed out with young people, a really electric, enthusiastic crowd, great atmosphere. Sadlers Wells runs two theatres in London with a mainly contemporary programme. This month there are ten full-length works by Pina Bausch and they were fully booked last autumn! But ballet doesn't have a social dance aspect: it's performance-only: if people do ballet just for body conditioning they wouldn't want us to watch! <br /><br />I also found that people don't talk about dance at work. I remember running into a work colleague at Ceroc some years back: we always had a laugh about it but didn't mention it to our other colleagues. <br /><br />I'm not sure that TV visibility is any guide to mainstream culture. Up to about six years ago, BBC 2 and 4, and Channel Four had regular dance programmes, once again, mainly contemporary. This went back years: I remember watching a full-length Pina Bausch work back in 1986, and a great deal of often quite radical and difficult work since then. But apart from Nutcracker at Christmas, dance has been dropped from TV. Sadly the slot seems to have gone to Strictly; great entertainment no doubt, but a great loss to anything more substantial.Tangocommuterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060601718946750364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-546868418821339342012-06-03T23:32:22.914+01:002012-06-03T23:32:22.914+01:00The water-cooler test. How divine! Yes, Ms Hedgeho...The water-cooler test. How divine! Yes, Ms Hedgehog, dance comes a long way after soccer, rugby and fishing. There are thousands of women around the UK who love dancing, and would love to dance. There are many who attend classes for their own enjoyment and quietly reap the personal health and fitness benefits of doing so. To become mainstream, you need the guys to get obsessed with dance. Back in the 40’s and 50’s (long before my time, I hasten to add), men needed to learn to dance to feature on the mating scene. Brylcreem, a smart suit, pressed shirt, shiny shoes and dance lessons were de rigueur. Now, they just need to turn up in trainers and a tee shirt to pull. Perhaps it is a question of effort. Many men and women for that matter, are not prepared to make the effort that was formerly necessary. <br /><br />Perhaps things will change. Strictly is watched by millions of men and women alike, and raises the profile of dance, of romance and the benefits of effort. Get dance into the school curriculum and you will have cracked it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05113703222232635386noreply@blogger.com