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United States wins the Ten Dance Team Match in Blackpool for the very first time.

Blackpool Dance Festival

“The Festival began in 1920 in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, you can find out more by visiting our History section. 2008 sees the event in its 83rd year.

Covering a period of nine days this is by far the largest of all the five Blackpool Festivals.

The Festival covers Ballroom and Latin American dancing, incorporating the British Open Championships for Adult Amateur and Professional couples, plus Formation Teams. 2005 saw the introduction of two new events, the British Rising Star Amateur Ballroom and Latin Competitions.

The two Invitation events, the Professional Team Match on the Saturday and the Exhibition Competition on the Thursday evening, create a vast amount of interest and crowd appeal.

There were 62 countries represented in 2007 and a total number of 1,829 couples entered the various events. ”

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Alipine Village has one of the largest dance floors in the South Bay. It is easy to get to and has dancing every night of the week. From Country Western to German Polkas there is always something fun happening on thier dance floor. Check out their schedule to see what nights are good for your style of dance. They are located at 833 W. Torrance Blvd Torrance, CA. 90502. Directions

From time to time I’m asked to explain the difference between the American and International styles of (ballroom) dancing. The simplified answer would be that with American styling you are allowed to leave the standard closed dance position and break out to side by side positioning, perform underarm turns, adopt shadow position holds or even completely break contact with your partner. With International style dancing you must remain in close proximity with your partner at all times.

Click this link for a more detailed discussion and remember it’s the dancer that makes a dance look good. Both styles are equally beautiful and can be fun to dance.

As an aid to your lessons it helps to have a diagram for what the instructor exactly means when he is describing where to put your feet. hope this will help

Check the sidebar on the left. These videos rotate if you refresh your browser. Check out the video DWTS in our studio. Dancing with the stars came down to shoot this clip for the show in our studio. See if you recognize the room where you take you group classes.

Saw a great movie this week end called Redbelt. It was not about dance but there is a connection. Its about A Ju Jitsu instructor and his school in Los Angeles.

“A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry. Though he refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.”

Go see it Im sure you will enjoy it.

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Thanks

Barry Jost