6 Ways to Dance Your Cha Cha

When watching all of the finalists in the European IDSF dance final, I was struck by how each couple had a distinct style within the cha cha. Each one of them has their own set of positive traits and flavour. As a female dancer, I almost always tend to look at the girls. I love how grounded Anna is in her dancing, Kyrtyna's aggressiveness and Tatsiana's precision. Take a look at the videos and see what strikes your fancy.

Alexei Silde & Anna Firstova Retiring!

Alexei Silde and Anna Firstova have retired form competitive ballroom dancing! They will be focusing on coaching and adjudicating. the couple has won various multiple IDSF World Amateur Latin and IDSF World Professional Latin championships. I wonder if the stress of sticking solely to IDSF did them in.

Its truly unfortunate - they were an amazing couple who deserved their number 1 position. But thanks to YouTube their legacy shall live on :)

Gotta Love the Italians

I discovered the Italians this week. In addition to the beautiful Italian sites, great designers, delicious food, cute boys and soccer – Italy has produced great dancers as well. Maurizio Vescovo naturally comes to mind, but let's not forget the amateur couples. Some of the ones I have discovered (or been introduced to) are Gabriele Goffredo and his then partner, sister Antonia Goffredo; and Nino Langella and Kristina Moshenskaya. Their speed, rhythm and precision is amazing. Even more reason to love anything Italian.

Check them out in action:

All You Need is a Man's Dress Shirt

I always thought Carrie Bradshaw was the only person (granted she's a TV character) that could pull of wearing a man's dress shirt in public. That's until I saw the video below of Ekatrina Lapaeva. Ekatrina who.... Her and Justinas ranked 10th in Blackpool - the biggest and most prestigious dance competition.

I think anyone that can pull of wearing just that and dancing with such casual sexiness deserves praise. And a litle bit of drool.