A Conversation with a Beat: How to Dance Modern Jive by Harry

Learn to Dance Modern Jive- Jive Nation Toronto

Want to be the person everyone wants to dance with at Modern Jive?  How do I improve my lead/follow techniques? How do I  build on that feeling of achievement each modern jive dance lesson? What’s the best way to lead my dance partner in modern jive? How do I become a  great dance lead quickly? How can I become an awesome follow?

All  great questions!

If you’re new to modern jive or partner dancing in general tips for getting the best from [...]

Awesome Intensive Beginner Modern Jive Workshop

Jive Nation Toronto - Learn to Dance in a Day November 19th 2011

Well, what a great time we had at our Intensive Beginner Modern Jive Dance Workshop on Saturday November 19th. It was all the more wonderful as this particular modern jive workshop had to be rescheduled from October. Just goes to show that every cloud has a silver lining -  we had a super turnout and a great group on Saturday!

Over the course of four hours on Saturday November 19th the beginner modern jive dancers learned no less than 12 beginner [...]

Modern Jive Dance Classes – 3 Tips for Leads and Follows

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Modern Jive is one of the easiest partner dances to learn.

It’s also lots of fun, very social and even a few beginner moves look very cool when you’re doing them in the dance club or at a party. People will often clear the floor for you at weddings if they’ve never seen modern jive before. And then they’ll almost always wish they could dance like you. So if you are learning to dance modern jive (and this can apply to [...]

Modern Jive – The Fastest Way to Boost Your Confidence

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Dancing improves confidence quicker than any self-help book or rehearsed social exercise. It is a great way to meet new people and it helps you feel comfortable approaching and socializing with strangers. If you are looking for a way to boost your confidence,

5 Modern Jive Dance Classes $25 on Groupon!

5 Beginner Modern Jive Dance Classes for $25

Get your own bragging rights as you impress your friends with your new modern jive moves. Give a friend dance – the perfect present. Change a life. Start a whole new social life. Meet tons of new people who love to dance socially. Experience confidence you never thought possible on the dance floor… enjoy the greatest dance music on the planet and the most fun classes – yes, all this and more with our

13 Tips For Your First Modern Jive Dance Class

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1. You don’t need to come with a partner. So it is perfect for single people.

2. It doesn’t matter if you miss a week.

3. The more you dance in the freestyle the faster you will build your dancing confidence.

4. At modern jive the women ask the men to dance as much as the men ask the women. We don’t stand on ceremony here.

5. For fast track learning, try a 4-hour weekend workshop.

6. A modern jive dance class is more like [...]

Modern Jive Beginner Intensive Workshop Video

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On Saturday June 4th 2011 we held another fun Modern jive Intensive. Here is a review of the moves we did... Matt and Nicky dance all 11 beginner moves at speed.

Attendees can use this video as a refresher.

Our beginner dancers did fabulously - learning 11 new beginner modern jive dance moves (plus a couple high end beginner dance moves) is pretty hard work. Congratulations and well done to all our beginner modern jive dancers!

We all had a fun afternoon dancing [...]

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