The 1st KL International Dance Festival

http://www.thedancespace.com.my/dance_festival/index.htm

The little mouse is way so excited to attend the Gala Dinner, featuring the finals of the world ranking Latin and Ballroom and Middle Eastern dance competition!

To be honest, the little mouse nearly misses the opportunity. Yes, it's all due to the loooooong working hours that thus oblige the little mouse to skip most of her dance classes last month :( Nevertheless, thank God, at the eleventh hour, someone pull out from the event. And thus, her ticket is now in her little mousie hand!

Thank GOD !

O Blistered Heel

O blistered heel, poor blistered heel,
Won’t you quickly heal, please quickly heal,
‘Cause I want to dance with zeal, yes, full with zeal,
In every moment we can steal, that we will steal.

Practice Dancing?

Steps on how to practice dancing
1) Switch on your TV
2) Switch on your Play Station
3) Remove your hand console
4) Assemble your dancing mat to your PS
5) Put in Dance Dance Revolution cd
6) Start dancing and jumping!

Why you should do it?
1) It's fun
2) Great way to exercise
3) It's fun
4) You don't need to go for dance lessons
5) It's fun
6) You don't need anyone to teach you
7) It's fun
8) You can create your own dance move
9) It's fun
10) Improve your mind-leg coordination

Things to note:
1) If you live in an apartment, please don't jump too hard late at night
2) Do not ever, ever, ever think of wearing dancing shoes (esp. ladies)
3) Start small, with slower beats and less steps.
4) Get a friend. Challenges can be fun.
5) Be very careful. It can be a very dangerous... er... sport.

Tetris, with a rock twist :)




The theme song of Tetris, namely Korobeiniki, is a Russian folk/dance song. It is based on a poem by Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov in the year 1861.

Dancing Shoes

A mission she embarked with a friend,
On one bright sunny weekend,
In search for a shoe for her dancing delight,
So she could dance from morn’ till twilight.

To the land of Cheras, off they go,
In search of a shoe-maker that many told,
Taman Midah may not be a mine of gold,
But San Lee Shoe Shop must they behold.

Uncle Shoe-Maker humble as can be,
Though attending customer, busy as a bee,
Tips and advices he throws in for free,
On selecting good shoes for dancer wanna-be (me!).

Yes, a pair of shoe finally she ordered,
One with dark grey painted all over,
And two purple strips on the cover,
And shimmering dust glittering all over.

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San Lee shoe shop, located in Taman Midah, Cheras, sells custom made dancing shoes with a very reasonable and affordable price.

Contact Information:

San Lee Shoes,
11 Jln Midah 5,
Taman Midah, Cheras.
Contact Christine 03-9130-3236.

Dancing Shoes

Hear ye, hear ye!
Folks of Malaysia, hear ye!
The little mouse had found the shop,
For your sway, swing, twist and bop.

Kim Yuen shoe store near Petaling Street,
Selling shoes for your dancing feet,
Different shoes for different beat,
Special request if you have really big feet!

Yes, a good shoe for you to dance,
Or else you definitely can’t prance,
So, visit the shop when there’s chance,
And grab that shoe that stole your glance.

:)

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Kim Yuen Shoe-Maker is a dancing shoe shop located in Jalan Sultan (near Petaling Street), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sells various dancing shoes for both genders, e.g.: latin, ballroom, ballet, etc.

Contact Information:

Kim Yuen Shoe-Maker
Superdancers Enterprise
Number 26, Jalan Sultan,
50000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

For more information, visit their website at: http://www.kimyuen.com

Dance Information Online

Good central location to everything (well, almost) you want to know about dancing.

-> http://www.knowledgehound.com/topics/dance.htm
Basically this is a central portal to various dancing web sites. Has many links to web sites on dances from ballroom, latin, hip hop, rock & rol, ballet, break dance, etc, and even web sites on general information on dancing.


-> http://www.ballroomdancers.com
My favourite hang out site. Loaded with dancing resources and information. Allows you to learn how to dance easily via step-by-step video (yes, video streaming on dance steps!), listen some sample dance music, buy/sell dancing apparel, etc.

Videos on dancing:
International Style
Waltz
Tango
Viennese Waltz
Foxtrot
Quickstep
Latin Dances
Cha Cha
Samba
Rumba
Paso Doble
Jive

American Style
Smooth Dances
Waltz
Tango
Foxtrot
Viennese Waltz
Rhythm Dances
Cha Cha
Rumba
East Coast Swing
Bolero
Mambo

Social & Nightclub Dances
East Coast Swing
West Coast Swing
Lindy Hop
Salsa

-> http://web.singnet.com.sg/~telemati/dance/steps/index.html
Teaches a lot of dances. The main shortcoming is that it is purely TEXT. Dance steps are described in text, making rather hard to imagine. But still, a good web site to really understand the steps, in a technical perspective.

Dances:
Standard Ballroom Dances
Foxtrot
Quickstep
Rhythm
Tango
Viennese Waltz
Waltz

Standard Latin Dances
Latin Cha Cha
Jive
Mambo
Paso Doble
Rumba
Samba

Social Dances
Rock 'n' Roll
Disco Rock
Social Cha Cha
Other Dances

Group Dances
Tap
Jazz

Passion for Dancing! (Part II)

Yes, dancing updates! The little mouse is always ever so excited to share about her passion in dancing. Never has she regretted taking time off to go for the classes. You know, the time she spent on dancing classes, she could gladly use is for.... well, sleeping... and the money for the dancing fees for... well, eating...

Hmm... eating and sleeping... a definite sign of PPM (Pre-Procrastination Syndrome), which will lead to SDD (Silent Dream Death). Let’s not dwell into that, shall we? Life has too much wonder to discover :)

Back to the topic.

The little mouse would really really really (yes, crazily really) would want to get a pair of purple dancing shoes! Yes, for the love of dancing and her purple indulgence. But, hardly she can find dancing shoe shops or shoe makers in her homeland. However, that did not stop her from browsing through the designs in the Internet. And all you Internet lovers say, amen!

These dancing shoes are just lovely shoes… really an adoration…*drool*

But, she still needs to scout her homeland for it. Most probably she needs to open her mouth and ask her fellow dancing friends in her class.

In the meantime, let’s drool over the pictures she got from the web site: http://www.latindancefashions.com






Yes, yes and yes. This is NOT purple. But it's really nice swweeeettt... :)

Passion for Dancing!

It was the little mouse’s New Year resolution three year ago. Then, it became her resolution for the next year. And the year after that…

Well, have to admit it, procrastination is a deadly silent dream killer.

“Enough is enough! It’s time to take action. Or again, let my heart suffer from another year of lost dream!” Hmm… ok, the little mouse was a bit exaggerating. But then again, why let down a passion God has placed in her heart doze off into silent slumber… again…

On the first month of the year 2007, the little mouse went on a journey of exploration and search. She took time and effort to search far and wide (on the day she really wanted to sleep! Oh yes, nothing like a Sunday afternoon nap). After her daily work, she pursued on her exploration. She enquired, observed, sampled…

And yes, she finally decided…

The dance school she’s going to enroll! Yes, you got that right! The little mouse is learning to dance. Latin dance, to be precise.

Now, she has gone through two wonderful classes. She enjoyed the savor of every moment. Well, sometimes she does feel silly; dancing on her own, observing her own feet, counting the beats and giggling profusely. Nevertheless, she never could imagine dancing can such a breathtaking passion (literally speaking, the little mouse sometimes forgot to breathe while counting her steps).

Oh, how she longs to dance and dance and dance! An hour class weekly never seems enough. The steps, the twirls, the beats, the sway… how she wishes to dance all night long.

And how thankful she is to God. Who had planted such passion in her heart… Amen!

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BTW, good site for those who are interested about dancing; whether it's good ol' cha cha cha, the fun quicksteps and even the elegant waltz. They even post video clips on how to do some basic dancing steps.

http://www.ballroomdancers.com