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

Nicky-JiveNationTO — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:41:56 +0000

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

Nicky-JiveNationTO — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:00:29 +0000

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

Nicky-JiveNationTO — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:47:38 +0000

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

Nicky-JiveNationTO — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:05:25 +0000

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

Nicky-JiveNationTO — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:43:59 +0000

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

Nicky-JiveNationTO — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:09:15 +0000

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

Nicky-JiveNationTO — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:56:24 +0000

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 [...]

Awesome Intensive Beginner Modern Jive Workshop

Nicky-JiveNationTO — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:49:05 +0000

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 Competition Standings November 16th 2011

Nicky-JiveNationTO — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:45:25 +0000

We’re still dancing and racking up that modern jive freestyle. We’re entering the final two weeks of the iPod Touch Modern Jive Dance contest and still dancing up a storm. And it’s still in full swing.

Justin has a total of 99 dances and this week will cross a very big milestone… Harry too. Matt is still in there, having added 8 more dances on Wednesday. Nicky’s still leading by a comfortable 20 dances…. so far. But anything can happen so [...]

Modern Jive Dance Competition Standings November 13th 2011

Nicky-JiveNationTO — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:39:03 +0000

It’s been a busy week in our iPod Touch modern jive freestyle dance competition this week – and it’s promising to get even hotter on the dance floor! Phew! Here’s the latest….

Justin N has gone from 79 dances to a whopping 90 dances. Harry now has 87 dances and Nicky’s crossed her 100 dances milestone and is now at 113 modern jive freestyle dances! And it isn’t over yet. Justin is clearly aiming to narrow the gap between himself and [...]