Rock 'n' Roll is:
- easy to learn. Most people can do it -
- extremely versatile. It suits a large range of modern and older popular music -
- a great social activity for meeting new friends and partners -
- inexpensive. Anywhere there is suitable music you can dance -
- suitable for young and old -
- well established. Its practised around the world -
- very suitable for amateurs as well as pro dancers. You don't need to be perfect for fear of being laughed at -
- a great fitness activity -
- a socially acceptable way for ladies to show their knickers in public (but gentlemen don't notice!) -
Gareth & June dance
for disabled children
Sandra trusts Trevor
to have a firm grip on things
James and Ann
dance with color and style
Sandy and Annette
strut their stuff!
No butterfingers here!
Hands up those who
love to dance!
George & Sue can step
with the best of them
Sandy & Annette have a
laid back approach
This is a list of articles that have previously appeared on this web site. Click on the title to read the full article.
Have you ever thought of learning to dance? That's a great idea! Dance is a fabulous feel-good exercise. Doing it well with an enjoyable partner keeps you physically fit, as well as lifting you to an emotional 'high'. It helps you to feel very good about yourself.
Dance Moves - The Whirlygig
This is a very popular and spectacular move. Its demonstrated here in sequence pictures.
Rock n Roll: The Safety Dance
It is better to leave a dance floor by perambulation than per ambulance.
Dancing Tips: Relax And Shine
The single most common mistake made by novice Rock n Roll dancers is being too tense when they dance. This results in stiffness and rigidity as opposed to flexibility.
Rock 'n' Roll Watered Down?
Rock 'n' Roll dance is no sinking ship but in Adelaide at least, it could be headed for a watery grave. Publican after publican has lost patience with the 'dancing crowd' due to their drinking habits. It isn't that Rock 'n' Rollers drink too much, its the opposite problem. They drink too little!
Wintersun Festival 2005
In June each year the Streets of Coolangatta, Queensland come alive for a Rock 'n' Roll spectacular. Bob Couch reports on the 2005 festival.
The Big Oops!
Oh, Boy! Did Roy Orbison get it wrong? Buddy Holly would have rolled over in his grave while Beethoven, contrary to the lyrics of Chuck Berry's classic song, rests peacefully, secure in the knowledge that his music has withstood the test of time. Rock 'n' Roll die? That'll be the day!
Henley Square Rocks 4th December 2005
At Adelaide's Henley Square the ground shakes, the windows rattle and the cameras roll on a regular basis. And why not? The summer weather here is almost as hot as the pink outfits that two of our star dancers were wearing.
Adelaide Rock 'n' Roll Festival
Each year the Adelaide Rock 'n' Roll Club arranges a week-long festival of Rock 'n' Roll and Swing Dancing with daily events featuring bands and dancers from around Australia. The festival culminates in a day-long outdoors event at a public reserve in Glenelg, a popular beachside suburb, which is free to attend. The dancing is flashy, fast and furious as thousands of members of the public get to see just what Rock 'n' Roll is all about.
What is Rock 'n' Roll?
What is Rock 'n' Roll dance? That's a very hard question to answer. There are those purists who insist that back-step Rock 'n' Roll dance is the only true form. Tap-step, tap-step, back-rock, ballroom style. That's Rock 'n' Roll, so they say. But there are many other related styles and its perhaps unfair to brand them 'not Rock 'n' Roll'.
Rough-House Rock vs Light-Arm Rock
Dance with her? No way! She'd rip the wings off a jumbo jet! Is he dancing with that woman or is he trying to beat her up? In Australia in the early seventies there was a television comedy show called Aunty Jack featuring a rather rough pretend female whose favourite saying was " I'll rip yer bloody arms off!" We have some Aunty Jacks in the dancing community. There are women and men who seem to treat Rock 'n' Roll as an exercise in attempted dismemberment.
In Heaven Or In Hell?
Winston Churchill wrote that after he died and arrived in heaven he would like to spend a good deal of his first million years painting. I'm no artist, except with the BS perhaps, so after I die I think I would like to spend a good deal of my first million years dancing Rock 'n' Roll.
Rock n Roll - The Party Dance
In the land down under we have a saying "chuck another prawn on the barbie" meaning "add another diminutive crustacean to the alfresco cooking apparatus". Its synonymous with our relaxed Australian lifestyle just as music is synonymous with dancing.
You lead! (You wicked woman!), but is this a wicked call?
What we are concerned with here is the classic and very common cry by a man during dancing of "You led!" (How dare you?) A fair call? Or is it an illusion?