Show Notes
The Jive Buddies have wanted to talk to Bapi for a long time and so we were at his Be In Time & Be Connected workshop to find out what the fuss was all about. This is a special episode, recorded straight after the class, in Penkridge village - it's a fascinating discussion about thoughts on the workshop and dance connections, interwoven with some of this well loved teacher's history.
Chapters:
Bapi tells us about the workshop [1:29] Where did Bapi's expressive dancing come from? [5:56] Paul learns the difference between pressure and touch [11:51] Find out why Bapi got all the workshop attendees to skip around the room [16:22] An exercise with using an invisible string between two dancers [20:21] Being in time with the partner, not the music [24:25] Can you take lessons from this workshop into a Ceroc main room? [28:45] Bapi as a social dancer, not a competition dancer [32:18] Summary [35:43] Up next [37:01]
YouTube video of Fred Astaire dancing with a hatstand: https://youtu.be/faN0kPOQykM
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