Modern Jive: Solo Dance feat. Simon Rich & Nicole Beckey

A Modern Jive demonstration dance featuring Simon Rich and Nicole Beckey.

These ten times UK champions create show-stopping performances that have inspired the modern jive world. Their teaching is fun and easy to learn - putting them in hot demand by dance clubs and party event organisers across the nation. They have taken this wild, flexible and utterly fun party dance to a new level of brilliance and now they are sharing their tricks of the trade with you with their brand new set of DVDs.

Modern Jive: Beginner To Intermediate shows you how to take on each move, step-by-step, and build the moves up into mini-routines. The carefully demonstrated technique instructions will tell you all you need to know to lead and follow like a champion.

Modern Jive: Intermediate To Advanced takes the journey further by introducing more advanced methods of lead and follow giving greater complexity of movement that will take your dancing to the next level.

So join the party and let's dance with the Masters! With a bit of practice you will be able to dance anytime, anywhere with anyone to any of your favourite music!

Buy the DVDs here:
http://www.beckmanndirect.co.uk/Dance.php

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Simon Rich
• Nicole Beckey
• Modern Jive
• jive
• dance
• instructional

[cerocgolgo]

I have just started to attend their class....I can honestly say that Simon & Nicole are THE best teachers I have come across....beautiful dancers / pure class!!!

[susancarnett]

Hi I think this is fantastic, wish I could dance like this.

[mercurialdance]

@alinp22 and i personally don't agree with you.

[alinp22]

@crystaljonesable

although it's probably a pedantic point, my impression of your posting is that you say the piece IS choreographed. Now it may well be that you mean to say that to you it looks choreographed, which is a different thing entirely. It is also worth remembering that they have danced together as a pair for a number of years and it would therefore be quite reasonable to assume they have a very high level of understanding.

I personally don't agree with you.

Happy Dancing :)

[robd69]

@crystaljonesable

Not an equal partnership? So what? How many MJ couples are? The follower is almost always a better dancer than the leader.

[HowToJive]

You are right Crystal and I am sorry if you have been distressed by these views being dissilmilar to your own. You are certainly correct in the link with Beckmann and I feel deeply honoured that "How To Jive" DVD will have a chance to rub shoulders with such a talented pair (who were picked above all other choices by Beckmann and the production team for this new project). I am sure you will join us, in wishing Simon and Nicole well after all their hard work.

[crystaljonesable]

both you & h2j are attacking me for being prejudice for some reason & you disagree with my opinion, & that's all i'm doing in reply to you! h2j has direct links with beckman the company promoting the dvd & you are such an obvious advocate for them that it means that neither of you are giving balanced feedback. and why does a routine have to be complicated for it to be choregraphed? it's common sense to practise something no matter how simple if it's going to remain as a permanent record on a dvd

[alinp22]

@crystaljonesable so not content with making disparaging remarks about the video, you now seem to want to attack those who do not agree with you!! Hmmm!!

As for the routine - in itself it's fairly uncomplicated and with the probable exception of the double neck drop, I'd be happy to think I could lead everything else. And isn't that what we all want?? If it were full of tricks and unleadable moves, then I'd agree about the choreography, but it's not!!!

[crystaljonesable]

@alinp22 anyone can see that's not freestyle! but you seem so blinkered by your own view of them that you won't accept that, but i don't have to. they're trying to sell a dvd and the routine has a few mistakes and it's not terribly well performed so of course simon wants to make an excuse now that someone has highlighted that. best thing you can do if you don't want people to post their honest opinions is not put it on a public website!

[HowToJive]

@alinp22 I think you have this right alinp22. When lead and follow technique is perfected to the level of Simon and Nicole - you can dance with anyone to any music (witness the number of 'Dance With a Stranger' titles Simon has - he just swept the board). So its understandable that well executed freestyle can be so seamless that it looks like choreography. Easy mistake to make.