Address: 163 Boundary St. West End Brisbane
Email: dancing@riorhythmics.com.au Call Us: 07 3844 1824
In readiness for re-opening our Studio doors for (solo dancing) group lessons from 15 June 2020 our team has been busily ticking all the Government Guideline requirements off to ready to welcome you back to classes in the safest possible way. With the health and safety of our community, team and the wider community as…
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4 Essential Aspects for Learning AND Teaching Latin Dance. While there are MANY aspects to consider, these four are essential when it comes to learning AND teaching social Latin dance. 1. Steps (vocabulary). 2. Style (it’s a cultural thing). 3. To dance. 4. To Party. With more than 30 years studying what makes a…
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It’s essential you create the time and space for YOU. And if dancing has been on your ‘to-do’ list, we encourage you to set yourself up for 2020 with your best foot forward for a year that is filled with things that bring YOU joy, so you can keep on giving. The 2020 schedule is…
DetailsMen can dance ANd play sport. We asked some of the men in our dancing community to share what it’s been like to start dancing as a man. If that Australian stigma of ‘men don’t dance’ has affected them at all. How they feel about dancing and if they have any advice for other men…
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The call: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 15 It’s almost THAT time on the Rio Rhythmics termly dance calendar and in this, the final instalment of this little dance blog (Already? We’ve had such fun!) we ponder THE CALL: that very special invitation Rio Rhythmics puts out four times a…
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Matchmaker: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 14 Wouldn’t it be great if Rio Rhythmics could create a Speed-Date-a-Dance program? Imagine it! Studio two would be set with ten tables for two. The lights would be dimmed and the fairy lights in the roof would be twinkling. Each table would be…
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Time: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 13 “How long have you been dancing?” I kept hearing the same question and I kept thinking, why is everyone asking me that? I decided it must be to do with age. There must be something about being older, and a dancer, and a…
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Hotness: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 12 Summer in Brisbane is hot and summer’s Latin dancers can get very sweaty. Rio Rhythmics’ Student Supporters get sweaty too EXCEPT that Rio Rhythmics puts us in black t-shirts with funky white logos (front and back, thank you very much) so the perspiration…
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Bolero: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 11 Ah, Bolero. You played a trick on me, and it was magnificent… It was a large dance class. Some forty-or-so people. We’d changed partners (and changed partners, and changed partners again). We’d learned new steps (perfect for navigating a crowded dance floor). We’d…
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Etiquette: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 10 All the little gallantries! Student Supporters in Rio Rhythmics’ Latin dance classes see chivalry everywhere. Instructor Chris treats followers he’s borrowed for demonstrations the way an old-fashioned gentleman might. When the dance is done he takes their hand, folds it under-and-up-and-over his forearm,…
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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