Address: 163 Boundary St. West End Brisbane
Email: dancing@riorhythmics.com.au Call Us: 07 3844 1824
Fergus: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 9 Let’s call him Fergus (not his real name.) Fergus is a man who leads very nicely. On the dance floor, he likes to wear an expression that says, “I’m thinking important things.” Sometimes, he looks amused. A royal kind of Fergus-amusement at nothing-in-particular.…
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Starters: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 8 This Student Supporter has been twinkled (once again) by (another) Latin dance starter class. Partly, by the Brazilian magic of the instructor (Tarcisio), but mostly, (this time) by all the brave-and-beautiful, just-starting-out dancers. You: listened to the music + stepped to the music…
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Tricks: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 7 I’ve got a bag of SSP tricks. But that’s not unusual. Most of Rio Rhythmics’ thirty or so Student Supporters have bags they’ve filled with dance-magic, over time. Some SSPs like to keep the contents of their bags a secret. Others get quite…
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The leader: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 6 “D’you like leading?” We’re dancing forro, the starters are just about to finish an eight-week intro course, and we’re short on leaders. I’m a Student Supporter, so I step up. “Do you like it?” my follower wants to know. I think what…
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The pivot: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 5 There’s something about wearing a uniform that gives you a buzz, makes you think you know things, makes you cooler and calmer about going places than you’d ever be if you were wearing your own not-so-spiffy dance shirt and tights… And that’s…
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Heart to heart: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 4 It’s the t-shirts. Rio Rhythmics’ Student Supporter tees are magic. Like the wardrobe-portal in the C.S Lewis novel (the one with the lion and the witch), Student Supporter tees open doors to secret places people would never go but for the…
DetailsThe news was not good. The shy dancer had lost her dance partner to the rushing tide of life. Before being pulled-away-by-other-things, Mary-the-Magnificent had boosted the shy dancer’s confidence by inviting her into a zouk choreography. “You want to lead ME?” the shy dancer asked at the time. “I think you’ve mixed me up with…
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THE FIRST PERFORMANCE: A SHY DANCER’S STORY This shy little dancer arrived at her first zouk choreography training session on a Saturday afternoon. Rio Rhythmics’ Brazilian dance instructors, Juliana and Rafael, started with a warm-up routine. The shy little dancer warmed up beautifully. “Now,” she decided, “I’m ready.” And then this happened… Juliana and Rafael…
DetailsTRANSCRIPT: This is for you if you’re wanting to get started with dance classes, and you want to come along with your partner but they’re just not keen, and they really need some convincing. We thought we’d put together a few little tips that would help you to convince your partner to join you on…
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THE FIRST PERFORMANCE: A SHY DANCER’S STORY This shy little dancer has been dancing for fifteen years. In all that time, she has plotted and schemed and carefully managed to side-step cameras or any kind of dance-attention. One day (a peculiar day when the wind was blowing in the wrong direction and the stars were…
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Studio 1 & Front Office: 163 Boundary Street
Studio 2: 195B Boundary Street
West End QLD 4101
Phone: 07 3844 1824 (3pm - 8pm Mon - Fri, leave a voicemail other hours)
Email: dancing@riorhythmics.com.au