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What is Sequence Dancing
Despite its popularity across local communities predominantly in the United Kingdom, Sequence dancing is little-known to the general public both here and abroad.
It’s enjoyed by people of all ages and takes place typically in local community hubs such as school, village, or church halls to pre-recorded music. If you’re partially fortunate, live music is played via an organist in a beautiful ballroom.
Side Note: We rather enjoyed dancing to more recent prerecord music by artists such as Amy Winehouse, Bruno Mars, Beyonce and Maroon 5. Two of our favourite venues to enjoy Sequence as well as Ballroom and Latin dancing is at the Tower Ballroom Blackpool and aboard any of the Cunard ships.
The good news is you don’t need to guess the dance when the music starts. The sequence dance session leader, organiser or teacher announces the name of the Sequence dance and then leads off with their partner to inspire everyone to start at the same time.
Everyone starts and stops at the same time which makes this style even easier to learn. Couples dance predominantly around the floor in an anti-clockwise direction in both the Ballroom and Latin based dances. As everyone is dancing and moving in the same direction, it makes floorcraft (avoiding people) super easy.
The majority of people learn to sequence dance by attending classes. Once you've learned a dance, the steps never change. Through repeated tuition and practice, as with all styles of dance, one of the most satisfying aspects of sequence dancing (in addition to feeling of belonging to a community of people with a common interest) is becoming aware of the gradual improvement in your abilities.
As a bonus, whilst there are aways exceptions, if you’ve Ballroom and Latin experience, you will find it somewhat easier to learn Sequence due to their similar fundamentals.
At some sequence sessions, short intervals are held for refreshments.
Sequence dances have a standardised 16 bar pattern, so you can be anywhere in the world, and everyone will be dancing the same routine. The routines once created are written and stored as scripts. Whilst these scripts are readily available online, these scripts can appear complex and intimidating to the untrained eye. Regardless of the dance’s author/creator, the simplest of dances can be difficult to describe on paper. The leader and followers’ steps are often different and between the timing, amounts of turn, body positions and proximity in relation to your partner and the room as well as other elements, it is much easier to attend a class and allow your teacher/instructor to make your learning process as simple and as stress free as possible.
It’s enjoyed by people of all ages and takes place typically in local community hubs such as school, village, or church halls to pre-recorded music. If you’re partially fortunate, live music is played via an organist in a beautiful ballroom.
Side Note: We rather enjoyed dancing to more recent prerecord music by artists such as Amy Winehouse, Bruno Mars, Beyonce and Maroon 5. Two of our favourite venues to enjoy Sequence as well as Ballroom and Latin dancing is at the Tower Ballroom Blackpool and aboard any of the Cunard ships.
The good news is you don’t need to guess the dance when the music starts. The sequence dance session leader, organiser or teacher announces the name of the Sequence dance and then leads off with their partner to inspire everyone to start at the same time.
Everyone starts and stops at the same time which makes this style even easier to learn. Couples dance predominantly around the floor in an anti-clockwise direction in both the Ballroom and Latin based dances. As everyone is dancing and moving in the same direction, it makes floorcraft (avoiding people) super easy.
The majority of people learn to sequence dance by attending classes. Once you've learned a dance, the steps never change. Through repeated tuition and practice, as with all styles of dance, one of the most satisfying aspects of sequence dancing (in addition to feeling of belonging to a community of people with a common interest) is becoming aware of the gradual improvement in your abilities.
As a bonus, whilst there are aways exceptions, if you’ve Ballroom and Latin experience, you will find it somewhat easier to learn Sequence due to their similar fundamentals.
At some sequence sessions, short intervals are held for refreshments.
Sequence dances have a standardised 16 bar pattern, so you can be anywhere in the world, and everyone will be dancing the same routine. The routines once created are written and stored as scripts. Whilst these scripts are readily available online, these scripts can appear complex and intimidating to the untrained eye. Regardless of the dance’s author/creator, the simplest of dances can be difficult to describe on paper. The leader and followers’ steps are often different and between the timing, amounts of turn, body positions and proximity in relation to your partner and the room as well as other elements, it is much easier to attend a class and allow your teacher/instructor to make your learning process as simple and as stress free as possible.