All the Dancing in Modern Jive – Dance With Me on Pinterest

Modern Jive - The Manhattan

I recently discovered Pinterest. It’s rather like a visual pinboard where you can pin up  images of things that inspire you. Being inspired by dancing – and especially Modern Jive dancing – I set about creating several boards. My favourite is Dance With Me and it’s a collection of images I find very inspiring, from all over the web. From dance dresses to dance moves I’ve managed to find images on the web to add my collection.

And as I collected [...]

Why Learn to Dance in a Day Helps You Learn Faster in Your Dance Class

Jive Nation Toronto Modern Jive Dance Class

If you have ever had a desire to dance, now is the time to learn. And now there is a really fast way to get the basics of partner dancing that will help you leap-frog your fellow students in your regular dance class. You can effectively boost your progress in dance classes by taking an afternoon intensive dance workshop. And feel what it’s like to learn to dance in just a day and feel confident enough to take to the [...]

Photos of Jive Nation Toronto’s Modern Jive Open House

Matt - Modern Jive at Jive Nation Toronto Open House on College.

On Thursday January 5th Jive Nation Toronto held a fantastic Open House event – it was very well attended and great to see  everyone who turned out to take the lesson and dance afterwards. We had a great time… and it was fabulous to see so many come back the following week for another fun modern jive dance class.

 We captured some great memories of the evening and have already shared some awesome photos of you all [...]

Modern Jive Dancing Moves to College St

Learn to dance modern jive in 1012

That’s right folks! Jive Nation Toronto has moved to 430 College Street.  Our classes have now also moved to  Thursdays – which is a great way to kick your weekend off in great style. We’re raring to go for Thursday Jive and are looking forward to teaching more people how to dance in our fun modern jive dance lessons. For those of you who are regulars, we will have the same great instruction – over 3 hours including practice and [...]

Modern Jive Dance iPod Touch Contest November 30th 2011 Final Results

Jive Nation Toronto Modern Jive ipod Dance Final Results!

Together the contestants (Nicky, Harry, Justin, Matt and Loong) danced a whopping 522 modern jive freestyle dances between September 21 and November 30th 2011… an amazing accomplishment!

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 [...]

Modern Jive Dance iPod Touch Contest Standings November 26 2011

Jive Nation Toronto Modern Jive Dance Contest Nov 26th

It’s been a busy week for dancing and of course the modern jive freestyle dance contest to win an iPod Touch – with the second prize at $50 Gift certificate. So what’s the latest? Some major milestones for starters. With last week being the week of our modern jive social we had the opportunity to clock up a fair number of dances in our freestyles.

Justin added 11 dances and has now crossed the 100 dances milestone. Congrats Justin!  Harry now [...]

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