Dance

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Dance

Whether you're 'throwing some shapes' in time to Britney or admiring Diversity's winning choreography, there's no doubt that dancing is great fun. And let's face it most styles of dancing - be they ballet, samba or street dance - all come with moves named in a European language: 'Brisé' for example is a ballet move (not a description of the weather!) In this section we take you through the history of some of the most popular types of dancing, we ask a dancer from our TV advert how she got her big career break, and we test your knowledge of dance in our quiz.

Modern Dance

Modern Dance – Be it hip hop-inspired breakdancing or the spectacular choreography of Cirque Du Soleil, this is what dance is all about today…

Ballet

What you or your friends learn in ballet class is mainly based on the ideas of some famous French and Russian dancers: find out more here.

Latin style

Some of the best 'Strictly Come Dancing' styles are the Spanish inspired salsa or flamenco: find out more about them here too. Pato anyone?

Clara Bajado

Paris born Clara Bajado has made a career out of combining her dance and language skills so we thought we'd speak to her about how she got started. Read our amazing interview here.