Mark Glastonbury
Welcome to Glastonbury Dance Studio.
I hope you find this website informative and interesting as an initial introduction to the Studio.
mark.glastonbury@hotmail.com www.glastonbury.co.nz 0274415880
Here are the types of dances you can learn and enjoy:
Waltz - Slower version of classic Viennese Waltz (1800's).
Foxtrot - Silky smooth favourite of many. Named after Harry Fox, magician and entertainer for the way he danced around the stage.
Tango - The passion dance with staccato (sharpness) and derived from Argentine Tango.
Quickstep - Light and skippy, and as the name suggests, quick. Sometimes very!
Rumba - The Cuban 'love dance' with definite yet sultry hip action.
Samba - From Brazil and its many festivals and carnivals.
Cha-Cha - Again from Cuba with spice and cheekiness
Jive - From the U.S.A and based on Afro American music. Similar dances are Lindy Hop, Swing and good ol’ Rock n Roll.
Paso Doble - From Spain but developed in France. It depicts the bull fight where the man is a Matador and the lady is his cape.
Argentine Tango - A legend of dance styles from the bordellos of the 18th Century Argentina to the aristocrats of 1920s Paris. Passion and improvisation abound. A unique dance that should be attempted, and enjoyed, by everyone at least once.
New Vogue - A sequence based dance incorporating Waltz, Foxtrot,Tango and March timing. Enjoyed by young and old.