Announcing Flamenco Workshop for all by Internationally renowned flamenco dancer and teacher Maria Del Sol from Malta …

No…. its not a couple dance form. Its an expression from within. An earthy dance form with various moods from solitude, joy to even cheeky.

A passionate dance from Southern Spain – Andalucia… Come n unfurl the flame of passion from within and see the magic of dance in throwing your inhibitions away. Open for Complete Beginners, Masters… all ages..

Details are as below

Dates – 6th, 7th & 8th March 2009.

Location    - Marine Drive

Batches:

Beginners  - 6:30 – 8pm

Intermediate – 8 – 9:30 pm

Fees:

Advance registrations – Rs.1200/- per person only.

At the gate  - Rs.1500/- per person only.

So hurry!!!!

For any further details / registrations

please feel free to call Dhara – 9322406139 / 9920053329.

Strictly Ballroom is a romantic comedy telling the story of an Australian ballroom dancer, Scott Hastings. Scott comes from a family with a history of ballroom dancing and has been training since childhood. He has become very proficient but he encounters considerable resistance when he tries to dance his own steps in preference to the more traditional ballroom moves. Scott’s steps are not strictly ballroom. His dancing partner Liz leaves him, and he eventually finds a new dancing partner, and love, with the plain and ordinary dancing student Fran.
At the Pan-Pacific Grand Prix, it is discovered that the competition has been fixed by Barry Fife, chairman of the Australian Dancing Federation. Fife disqualifies Hastings and Fran, but they dance anyway and practically bring down the house dancing the Paso Doble, which they have learned from Fran’s father and grandmother. In the end, it is not revealed whether Scott and Fran win or lose, as in the story, that is not an important factor.
A sub-plot involves Scott’s discovery of his parents’ hidden past – they too had been ballroom dancing champions until Scott’s father (now a quiet and retiring type) had attempted to flout convention with novel dance steps.
Luhrmann sends up the peculiar rituals of ballroom dancing without making them look ridiculous. And the transformation of Fran’s ugly duckling into the beautiful swan is convincing.

Luhrmann’s inventiveness brought him prizes galore. With eight Australian Film Institute Awards, three BAFTAs and the Cannes Film Festival’s Prix de Jeunesse, he’s shown that although a story may be formulaic, it’s the way you tell it that determines success.

Doesn’t make sense… So just make do with the fact that dancing is good for health…keeps you on the Wow list…

Well enough of amateur jabbering, I m here to cover some of the most talked about Hollywood GEMS…the movies with dance in them…SO here goes the Hollywood’s most talked about movies…they are supposed to make u twirl…that too in perfect circles…

Dirty Dancing – There is more to Dance then Swaying…

A hot Sensational movie that sets you rocking. Starring Jennifer Grey & Patrick Swayze it’s a bubbling romance…Set in the 1960’s it’s a story about a common Dancer Jhonny who want to innovate the Shows he is supposed to work on but is opposed by the holiday centre owner…some of the moves are yummy…

But We are talking about dance…so back to shop talk

The first lesson that we learn is FRAME is all imp..

This Whiplash comment is earned by the heroine when she dares to have a lousy frame…

Johnny: Look, spaghetti arms. This is my dance space. This is your dance space. I don’t go into yours, you don’t go into mine. You gotta hold the frame.

Second lesson elegance and balance is the name of the game

Execute and imitate the steps as they are meant to be…or you may landing trouble

Johnny: Don’t put your heel down; don’t put your heel down…

Last but not the least is….dancing is not confined to class rooms and stage it’s a wild untamed urge and nature is as always the best teacher…

Techie talk…a person who is a novice may at least familiarize himself with the manes of certain dances like mambo etc…

Well some trivia …the movie grabbed an oscar and still remains a vital addition to your romance CD’s…

For any query feel free to write to nitin@danceincity.com