MAPP Dance

I am Lucinda and I am creating my first ever blog. Who would have thought it!? Middle aged and pursuing an MA in Professional Dance Practice at Uni! Oh my! 

I have danced for as long as I can remember. I took classes in Modern Ballroom and Latin American at the age of 6 but, when the disco dancing steps came to my dancing school in 1978, I was hooked. This was the sound that was on my radio at home and I danced in my bedroom,  behind the sofa in the living room basically where ever I could and I wanted more! most of all I felt “free”. I briefly wanted to be an actress around 8 years old but I went on to compete as a medalist in Ballroom and Latin and I was very successful as a disco freestyle dancer.  I also studied the basics of ballet and tap to compliment my other dance genres. I found that the theatre dance forms gave me the strength I needed to compete and the vision to perform. I turned professional in 1989 and taught for my Mum in her dancing school for many years. 

Fast forward to our present time 2021,  I am renowned in my hometown for my teaching of Line Dancing for my local authority. I am currently finding new ways to connect with students during the covid pandemic and I am also studying and connecting with worldwide master teachers of Tribal Style Bellydancing. Once I can teach live classes again I will be adding the teachings of belly dancing to my portfolio.