Illumination Dance 

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Illumination Dance Expressive class now starting at 7.45pm from Monday 7th November and will run for 45 mins Ish.... The second class will be in another location within the facility and will be aimed at dancers with no expressive background and who wish to get a basic grounding in dance to then enable them to progress into Illumination Dance Expressive styling. The second class will be taught by Frank Harper and is aimed at all dancers with little and even no dance background so as to learn all the basics of dance. This will be mainly based on smooth and modern jive, and modern blues with musical interpretation included as well, this will help you on your way to the expressive path of dance. Illumination Dance St Ives is the first and the only club in the UK that offers regular weekly classes uniquely focused on Expressive dance and expressive musical interpretation. Also adding a second class for the newer members to dance gives a double opportunity to join the expressive ladder and develop new skills as a dancer. Illumination Dance brings a different concept in dance for the St Albans & Cambridge areas with our Illumination (Light) Expressive Freestyle. Our aim is to give our dancers a range of music, of a variety of genres and tempos, which teases out that more expressive dancer that is deep inside all of us. • You could be someone, at any stage of your dancing, that is no longer satisfied dancing with the mainstream music you hear regularly in modern jive freestyles. • You might want to fuse your modern jive with other styles, such as WCS, Tango and Blues, letting you vary your mood throughout the evening. • You may be looking for music that is a little more chilled, or perhaps more lyrical or expressive, giving you the backdrop to dance more ‘musically’ to what you hear. • You could even just be hoping to finish a dance and be able to say to your partner “wow I didn’t know I could dance like that”. Quote from “Elliot Manley” In conclusion "Modern Blues" music consists mainly of gentle ballads and Modern Blues dance is a body-led form that has evolved from slow modern jive while "Expressive" music can be big and dramatic with strong changes of pace and dynamics and dances that go with it vary between intimate hold with tiny, subtle movements and big gestures where the dancers connect at a distance. The key difference is that Expressive dances tell a story. But "modern blues”, “expressive” and other dance styles can be smoothly blended if both partners understand the dance styles. If any of these descriptions sound close to what you’ve thought to yourself or said to others, then Illumination Dance is the place for you and your friends to come and dance. At our events, you’ll find dancers of all levels of experience and ability, who share a common wish to express themselves by dancing to music that is always interesting and occasionally challenging.See more