This month, guest blogger Katie Ryan reviews the Just Jhoom! Instructor Trianing Course which she attended in November 2010. Three batches of trainee instructors have attended Just Jhoom!’s first instructor training courses at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford. Ranging from backgrounds in dance and fitness, a total of 32 people have so far enrolled in the instructor programme. As one More →
Just Jhoom! was launched only 7 months ago on Thurs 27 May at the Cranleigh Arts Centre. The Launch Party was packed – with over 70 people Just Jhooming! As part of our Launch, we asked the general public to log onto the Just Jhoom! website, learn the Launch Routine, teach it to their friends and family and then film themselves More →
It’s been a fantastic month for Just Jhoom! We had our second Instructor Training Course at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford early on in the month. The group were brilliant are going to go on and run some fun and vibrant Just Jhoom! classes in their area. All Instructors go through an assessment process to make sure that they are More →
Music can make or break a dance-fitness class. So, at Just Jhoom! we take a lot of time and care over the songs we use. During the Instructor Training programme we spend quite a lot of time listening to music, analysing the structure and choreographing moves to suitable songs. Although we cannot give Just Jhoomers the music (for legal and More →
I love to dance and I’m very lucky that my passion is what I make my living through. But sometimes, I come across a story about dance that really sickens me. So much so, that I wasn’t sure I should blog about it. But, I thought it was important to tell the story because it shows those of us who More →
Picture the setting. A studio, mirrors on one wall, a sound system playing the track Om Shanti Om whilst ten females concentrate on their dance moves, keeping to the words of the song. Was your first thought: “a dance studio, ten dancers, barefoot, performing a classical Indian piece of invocation”? Or was it: “a fitness studio, ten women – all More →
In 1989 the film Chandni was released. It had nine songs some of which were filmed in Switzerland and the choreography was by Saroj Khan. The film starts with Rohit, (Rishi Kapoor), meeting Chandni, (Sridevi), at a wedding. Rohit is particularly struck by Chandni’s charm in the song Mere Hathon Mein which she performs in front of an all-female audience More →
PechaKucha comes from Japan. It means to “chatter”. You have 20 images and 20 secs to talk about each image. That’s it. Say what you need to say in exactly 6mins and 40 secs. I’ve just come back from my first PechaKucha night where the topic I presented was “Love to Dance“. Now, for someone who loves to talk, 20 More →