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BELLE HYDE - showgirl, groovy songs and opening her own studio!
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A 2 month turn around to opening a studio?! AND all whilst having a full time job?! Listen to Belle's story of how she made it all happen!
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Hi, welcome back to Dance This the Podcast with me, Zoe Francesca, and me, Jessica Faye, the podcast where you can find great songs to dance to.
SPEAKER_02This week we have got Belle Hyde from Studio 97, which Jess is an attendee of. This is how I heard about it. It's near to you, isn't it?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, walking distance.
SPEAKER_02Perfect! A new studio that's opened up walking distance behalf. That is the stuff of dreams. I love that for me. That is love that to you too. That's the stuff of dreams. Um Belle is so great. She's just opened up a new studio, really new studio. So it's we're talking about the uh beginnings of opening your own studio and just going for it and just leaping all in and doing it. Very inspirational. Um so hope you enjoyed the chat. But first of all, foundation files.
SPEAKER_00These are things we cannot live without in our dancing lives.
SPEAKER_02Yes, perfect. You can go today.
SPEAKER_00Uh yeah, so mine's quite fit in today because I am gonna say attending class still. Yes, today. Um I thought this linked in perfectly with the fact that we have Belle in today, because yes, like Zoe said, I have been attending classes at her studio with it being so close to my house. I feel like I always use the excuse usually that there's just nothing near me, apart from the studio where we work, but for me that's effort to go all the way there on a day where I don't have to be there as much as I would love to, but I don't live close enough to go. Whereas now the studio is open just down the road from me.
SPEAKER_02Um I have been trying to like attend more classes, but I feel like yeah, even the before, like I would try and still attend workshops and things like that, like whenever I was like three, but again, it's just finding somewhere that doesn't but um yeah, no, it's a great one, I think, because I I had a moment actually in jazz the other day where I was just doing a technique class, a one-off workshop, and I had all these people from one of the colleges who hadn't danced since graduating in July, and they were like, Oh, we just wanted a technique class. And when I walked in, I was like, Oh, because I didn't look at the register beforehand, I was like, Oh, there's loads of like new faces I've not seen before. Then when I thought they're quite young, then I was standing there doing the warm-up and doing the exercises, thinking, This is things I trained in. Yeah, is this what they do now still? I felt a bit out of it for the first time. I was like, this is still good to jazz technique, and like we are gonna do this. This is like solid foundations, we're gonna do these techniques. But I was like, am I missing on new things? I don't know. Are they gonna think I'm old?
SPEAKER_03I felt old for the first time.
SPEAKER_02And I'm like, I thought I need to get to more classes of like things that are now a days.
SPEAKER_00I don't think people want.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I don't want to get to that. Oh, they're from the 90s. No, I was born in the 90s, not from the 90s, but they're from before. It's not as relevant. From old school like chat, yeah. I was like, when do you turn into that old school teacher? I was like, I don't want to be that like old, I want to like be in the what's in the industry now and like commercial. I feel like I just want to stay young. Just want to stay young. I feel like commercial still in that jazz. I was like, I haven't trained in jazz, yeah, like in London and what places were really doing it for ages. I was like, ooh, I need to I need to get back into this.
SPEAKER_00Yeah.
SPEAKER_02So that's a good piece of advice.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I think it's just important to stay training. But also, I think as a dance teacher and choreographer, like I know whenever like it's very rare, like one of my classes, for example, that I teach is like street dance. But then because I don't go to any other classes like that anymore, it's not my like my go-to, like I don't find that as easy as like musical theatre and stuff like that. So like when I go to a workshop, then it just leaves you kind of feeling a bit more like inspired and stuff, because like even like you're like learning like different moves and things that like you've not like done like for in a while, it's just like a bit of like fresh air, like yeah, like stuff like that. But yeah, but yeah, at the minute.
SPEAKER_02Is that something you did before? Yeah, yeah. For the listeners, yeah. So you're getting back into that and just keeping on top of that.
SPEAKER_00It's been nice. Love that. But yeah, get back in class, get to class.
SPEAKER_02Great one, great one. Well, let's jump into the interview now.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, welcome back! Thank you so much for having me.
SPEAKER_02Repping in your little merch there. Why not? I love it. So tell us about you as a dancer just before. A little what you do now. Let's go. What you doing? What I do now.
SPEAKER_01So recently I've just opened my own studio, which is so exciting. It's something I've always wanted to do. Um, it's mainly adults. I've got one kid's class on a Saturday because I can't resist anything. Um, but I just want a studio that's just to come for fun, don't stress if you get it wrong, you know, it's just for the vibes, just to learn a dance and just to and meet new people. Yes, that is the main thing as well. Because I feel like as an adult, if you're not in a hobby and you're always at work, come home, you don't really have many friends. Me personally, anyway. So now I've got friends in my studio. Yeah, so now I've made my own friends. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Amazing. Well, let's first of all go back, take it from the top, all the way back to where it began. Let's just start with this song first. Oh god, absolutely. I'm ready for this. Right now for the 20 year anniversary. I thought that. If you don't know, what are you playing at? Look at your head in the game. Get your head in the game.
SPEAKER_01I must admit, I think the third house comes as close, the best house comes called. Same. I've never seen it. Same.
SPEAKER_00That's such a quadrupital opinion I have found. I agree. Like that soundtrack is the big soldier.
SPEAKER_01It is the other two. That's your homework, Zoe. I can't. I'm expecting me to some more.
SPEAKER_02I'll add it to the list. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Number two is so good. Yeah, lovely. Two is good.
SPEAKER_01Two is good. But that song, um, it was the first time I've ever done a dance with a prop. You know, as a child, you had basketballs. We had well, one two basketballs in the whole like procedure. We'd like to do different things with the basketball. Hectic. Yeah. It wasn't like it was an amazing dance, but it like, you know, like rolling through the legs, bouncing through the legs rather than a strict. Do you know what I mean? Things like that. But I just like that was the first time I was like, yeah, actually dance is kind of cool. I do know what I mean. How old? Probably like six, seven. And I don't know why the dance teacher trusted us with these basketballs, you know, on stage.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I'd like to give six-year-olds. That's very true. I bet she was watching, like, great job, guys.
SPEAKER_01Like, you just get some random ribbons or something like that. Yeah, yeah. Oh, what else could you do with that song that you have to have a basketball? Yeah, I know. I know, and we had like this tight orange cycling shorts, and like this, it's a bit like this, but like without sleeves, and it's like sparkly orange. We didn't all like basketball players. You know, like cyclists with the basketball.
SPEAKER_02We've got a picture, it would be going on socials, but I send you a picture. I'm like, Hey, you look really cool. I love it. I was the best. Love that. So you started dance when you were tiny.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I did, and um I loved it. Yeah. I I've I always did dance and gymnastics and with my sister. That's what we always did as ch children growing up. And then my mum was like, girls, look, you can't keep doing both. Like, you need to choose one. And I was like, Oh, well, I'm doing dancing. And then Maisie was like, my sister, she was like, Well, I'm doing gymnastics, so then we just went our separate ways. So we always did everything together, and then like it just blossomed from there. Um, I I always knew I wanted to dance like professionally, but like a lot of people think that, you know what I mean? And I never thought I actually would. So when I did, I was like, Oh my god, like I've I've done it, you know what I mean? And was like, what's your backup plan? What's your backup plan? Don't you don't you find that? Yeah, yeah. What is your backup plan? And I just think there isn't one. There isn't one, this is what I'm gonna do. Yeah, and here I am. Make it happen. So yeah, so yeah.
SPEAKER_02I love that. What styles was it when you were younger? Did you start like traditional ballet taps? I feel like stuff.
SPEAKER_01Most people do that, don't they? Ballet tap, jazz. Um, and then I remember doing actually, maybe I should have used this song. We I sat at musical theatre and we did Fat Sam's Grand Slam from Bugsy Malone. And I just like, and you know, when you're with the older girls, and I'm like, oh my god, like I'm doing big girl dance now. I mean, you know, like, yeah. Yeah. Um so I did a bit of everything, really. Um I've always been a very active child. Like, I always used to just be like, let's go to dancing. I never missed. If like if I missed, it was because I'd been naughty. Not naughty, but like given the back chat. Mum was like, well, you're not going dancing now. Yeah, it was a punishment. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03She was like, no.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah. Um after that, did you go to any formal training? Yeah, I uh anything about you. So tell us all.
SPEAKER_01I can't I know I'm here to talk about me, but I'm like, oh, I I don't like talking about me all the time. No, you've got it. This episode is all about you. So I trained at Phil Winston's Theatre Works in Blackpool. Cool. And it was only three days a week. So I really yeah, it was only three days a week. So I went to Blackpool for three days, came home for four, Blackpool for three days, home for four. Um so then I just had a little part-time job on the side. But it was good because I feel like you got that step away from the group, you know. Like I loved my friends and I loved being with them all. I loved dancing all that time, but I do think it's a good idea just to have that time away as well, because it can get much a bit too much, yeah. You know, in like the social side of it as well, because we all lived together in, you know, there was five of us in one bedroom. Yeah. We were like literally a dorm room, and I've I've made friends for life there as well, but um it is hard, isn't it? And also just like the mentality of being in like a dance uni, it's hard, isn't it?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, is it three full days? You were there for three years.
SPEAKER_01Three full days, yeah, yeah. And like everyone's like, oh, because I was 18 when I went there. Wow, I didn't go at 16, I went at 18. Yeah, but um, like you wouldn't have time to go out. I'm not really a going out person. And I was like, You're going out? I was like, oh nah, kind of tired. Like these these three days are full on, like I don't want to go out. But um honestly it was so good, and I think it brought me on so much as a dancer, you know. Like I found that my style was jars, I found because I didn't know what I was. I've always been just like kind of like plain sailing at everything, just average at everything, and then I was like, oh I actually kind of like you know, when something just feels good, yeah, that's what I want to bring to the studio, I want it to feel good for people, you know. So I want people to experience that as well.
SPEAKER_02The turning point. So, where what was it that made you think I really want to do this? Or did you have a light bulb moment that you were like, This is I want to do this as a job?
SPEAKER_01I think it was I mean I'd already got a job that my light bulb moment happened because I I got a job as a showgirl at Benadon Palace in Spain, and I was like, I didn't realise what it was really. I just kind of got the job and I was like, okay, I'll I'll go. Then I got there, and then you know, when you walk in at rehearsals and I was like, Oh my god, this place is huge. I was like, oh my god, and I'm gonna be in this show, and then we watched the show, and then I was like, This is what I want to do. Like, you know, when you were a bit unsure, like I probably wasn't unsure, I was probably scared and nervous. Yeah, sorry, um, scared and nervous, and I was like, oh my god, this is right, this is exactly right. Um and then I didn't know this, but we were learning a dance for the show, but I think it was more of an audition about like who was you know gonna be the main part. And then I it they were like, okay, Annabelle, you're gonna be and I was like, Me? Really? Out of all these, and I was like, I just didn't get it. And then that was that was when I was like, okay, maybe this is actually good for me. This is what I want to do. How old were you? Was that straight out of it? Yeah, that was 18. Nearly no, I was 19, I was 19. Wow. Oh no, no, was it? I like sorry, after college, what am I talking about? I was 21, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it was my first thing, and I I didn't have a clue what I was getting myself into. I was just like, Oh my gosh, is that from an audition? Well, what's so funny is I don't know if I should be saying this. So I sent my show reel there, and I also went to the audition, and I can't remember which way around I think I can't remember which way around it was, but I got a no from one and a yes from the other on the same on the same day, on the same day. They must have like sent all the emails out and one or the other, and then I was like, hi, I'm just checking. I've got the job because I've also had an email saying it's a no. So yeah. So yeah, and I was like, Mum, I think I've got a job, but I just need to double check. And I was like, oh my god. Nice, yeah.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, oh my gosh, you arrive there, you're on stage, you're like, I'm doing it.
SPEAKER_01And this is this is my part, this is what I'm supposed to be doing. This is what I need to do. Yeah, honestly. I thought costume are amazing. Honestly. Feathers, everything. And you've got the long legs doing it. I've actually got really short legs for how tall I am. Like my legs are like this, it's just my torso that's literally so like you'll you'll see that I'm actually got tiny little legs.
SPEAKER_02Me too, but I'm a short round, but yeah, I've got short legs too. Oh, so I can never be a showgirl, even though the costumes and the likes. Anyone can be a showgirl. True. Yeah, like that.
SPEAKER_01Do you know what? Like on cruise ships as well, I would love to. I've never done a cruise ship, I would love to. Like, I feel like they sometimes like the short girls because of the like the men and the stage. Like, being tall is not always like great. Do you know what I mean? So yeah.
SPEAKER_02Or was the um showgirl stuff lots of formations, lots of like the classic everything that you see?
SPEAKER_01I think it's quite hard because you've always got to look quite elegant. You can't there was a mixture of styles in the show actually, like um, but I find Showgirl very hard to dance because you've either got it or you haven't. Do you know what I mean? Like, I'm not saying I have, I just kind of yeah, like the you know, the shoulders and everything and just feeling tall, like it's it's exhausting. When you've got the feathers on the back as well, they're so heavy, yeah.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, talking about showgirl. Yeah. Let's go with your song. I'm not gonna try to pronounce it.
SPEAKER_01In other words, I was like, you know what I mean? And I had a big bird on the bottom. Oh, yeah, my headdress had a had a bird on it. Uh I sent you a picture of that as well. Yes, we've got that too, we'll also be going on the social. Um I sent you a picture, it's got like a big bird on it. It was so heavy, and I'm like, but yeah, it's such vibes.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, in the sun, I bet it's just like a dream. You better think back and be like, did I go there?
SPEAKER_01And I actually was I would love to live like do that show one more time. That was the best show in the world.
SPEAKER_03Oh, but it was the best ever.
SPEAKER_01But the reason why I didn't do that after was because COVID, I had to come home. Oh, got cut short and then you had to come back.
SPEAKER_02Oh well, that leads us on to the next question: taking the leap from performer to studio owner, was it around then that you thought I can't perform right now, maybe I need to go to the studio, or how did that come about?
SPEAKER_01This is I just worked at Tesco in COVID and I was like, I need to get back dancing, I need to get back dancing. Um, and then I got a job in Israel, so I went there for like just over a year. So then I was over there, but that wasn't Showgirl, it was just like a show, which was good. And then I came home and then I started teaching again because I'd been off and on teaching the whole time. Um, and I just thought, but do you know what? I I could do this myself. Like I want to I want to open somewhere just for me and do what I want to do, you know. I feel like always at some point in your life you are gonna take that step to do your own thing, like it's just natural, a natural move in life. Yeah. So I'm so glad I've done it. I mean it's it's scary. It's so scary. Like the whole time I was like, what am I doing? What have I done? What have I done? But now it's kind of settled down, everything everyone's settling in. I'm settling into being a studio owner, you know. It's hard to plan all the classes though, because I'm just doing it all myself. Yeah, it's a lot. Yeah, it's a lot, but I love it. Oh don't you feel like though, when you choreograph, like it either happens or like you're stuck for ages, don't you find? And like sometimes I can literally make up a whole dance in like 15 minutes. And you're like, and I'm like, yeah, it's fun, yeah, it flows, it feels good. And then there's sometimes I'm like, oh god. Yeah, come on, just think of something else. Well, maybe you can use our playlist sometimes. I can use it. I will, I will, I will, definitely. I've already already been having a little sneaky look. I actually used it in the jazz cast the other day.
SPEAKER_02And I was it is good. I love the jazz one. For people who don't know, how long have you had the studio? Because it's quite new, I believe.
SPEAKER_01I've only been open since September, so that's coming up to about six months now. Um, very, very early stages. Like some I've only got a few in a class sometimes, but I think that's quite nice. It's just a small studio. Yeah, it's not big. Um, my my most popular class is tap, isn't it, Jess? Jess comes to my tap class. She's in tap curly game. But it's super noisy though, isn't it? I need to find a way to make it less like ah because it's such a sort small space, and I love having everyone there, but like the tap class literally is the noisiest thing, and everyone's like I need earplugs. But that's like that's the class that's taken off the most. Um but I like to do different levels for different people so everyone can come, you know. My mum comes, bless her, she comes to line dancing, she goes to line dancing and begin a tap. So that's amazing. She's loving it, yeah.
SPEAKER_00You know, it's funny. My mum has said that she was like, Oh, she was like, I need to start doing some exercise. So I was like, Oh, we should go to this line dancing class. So they she keeps she's not there yet, but like when she gets the top, we will put it some fun. I'll tell her that Bell's mum comes as well. So I was like, you won't really want to be a little bit more.
SPEAKER_01There we go. My mum comes and she brings her friends. Oh my gosh, I'll bring mine too. Let's all do that, mum. Um I've got cowboy boots now. And a hat. I sometimes put my hat on as well, so then I feel like in the character. Yeah. I love that. Yeah, that's so fun. Yeah, so yeah. Lots of different ages in that class, actually. There's a few younger people that come from the vibes. A lot of people are going to Nashville now to on holiday. So line dancing. A lot, yeah. A lot of people come spell taken off that much. Yeah, a lot of people come to line dancing, so then they're ready for when they go on holiday. Yes.
SPEAKER_02That's that is so fun. Um, I bet you've had to learn lots of business skills as well as the dance side. Was that something that was new to you? Did you know something?
SPEAKER_01Well, this is hilarious. I did business studies at A level, but I was like, absolutely shocking. I got a D.
SPEAKER_02Well, it just showed even if you do that.
SPEAKER_01Literally, and then I bet I bet my teachers are laughing now, thinking, no way she's got a business. Um it is hard, you know, keeping track of everything. And also, it's a lot of like making sure everybody's happy, the dancers are happy, my landlord's happy, everybody's happy, I'm happy. You know, just like everything's okay because it can be quite daunting, you know, organising everything. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02All the practice.
SPEAKER_01Oh, yeah. And also like the advertising, the social media, that's a lot as well. Oh, do you think? Yeah, I'm like post, pus. I don't think in yes, we get it, you've got a new lyrical class coming up. You know what I mean? You've got to again. Yeah, you just don't know who's gonna see it.
SPEAKER_02Like they might be it might be the first thing they've seen. Exactly. Yeah. You just could just post on that day and then go to the studio.
SPEAKER_01Um keep on it. But I have had quite a few new people in January, you know, when people want so that's great. I love seeing new faces as well. And a lot of people that I've like known, you know, people that you know but you don't actually know, and then they've been coming. I'm like, oh my god, it's the first time I've met you, but I feel like I've known you forever. Do you know what I'm saying? So yeah, it's been really lovely. That is so nice.
SPEAKER_02I feel like as a business owner, I think people know this now, but you've got to have your things, you've got to be good at lots of different things, like you said in advertising. You're actually choreographing them and teaching all the classes. Is it just you teaching? Yeah. So you're doing all of that in every class that everyone sees, that's you, making it up, teaching it, and then like you said, keeping the students happy, sending out videos, doing the bookings, like all the different things, advertising, getting your signs, getting your merch, like everything. It's a full-time job.
SPEAKER_01It is a full-time job. You also have a full-time job. I know. If you don't know, I work at Aldi as well. You'll probably see me on the self-checkout. Which I'll tell you what, that's where I do a lot of my um choreographing with you. Yeah, I was saying the other day, you were tapping. Because when I'm stood there, like there'll be a bit of a and I'm like, oh, okay, what am I gonna do tonight? Oh, please don't think that's the overtime I choreograph. I just like to, you know.
SPEAKER_02Refresh. You've got to when the inspiration's just gotta go.
SPEAKER_01And then all the customers will be like, oh, are you dancing to you? Oh, that's nice, whatever you've got to do. And I'm thinking, yeah, shh. Oh gosh, you're still having little business cards in your pocket. Yeah, come to the studio. I know. That's a good idea. Why not? They've seen you dance there, they're in your area. Do we? We're not supposed to put leaflets up there unless it's for charity. Anyway, the store manager let me put one leaflet up for like three days before my opening. Down straight away. Oh, but nothing about business cards. There you go.
SPEAKER_02You could just sneak one into everybody's bags if you're on the thing. Just put it in the bag. Do it in the bag, put it in, and then when they get out of the water, I might. I might guys.
SPEAKER_01If you know if you know about this, please don't grasp me in.
SPEAKER_02But so how are you, how if you're fitting it all in?
SPEAKER_01Oh god, I I do not know. Let me tell you, I do not know. I get up at four in the morning, I start Aldi at five, I usually finish at two o'clock, get home for half past two, I have a little nap. I'm gonna say, do you have a nap? It's a power nap, it's not like luxury. It's like literally a 20-minute nap, alarm goes off, I'm up, get ready. Then I go to the studio. Sometimes it needs a mop, and I'm like, oh god, I need to mop it, but I also need to choreograph. So I'm like trying to dance a little bit. And then and then the class to start. I've got I've got four classes on a Monday, three on a Tuesday, four on a Thursday now, three on a Friday, and four on a Saturday. So it's a long.
SPEAKER_02And do you sleep on a Sunday and we'll be back to Handy? Only on the Sunday.
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SPEAKER_01My only day off is a Wednesday. Only day off is a Wednesday. And you're here. I'm so sorry. I was like, can we do a Wednesday? I'm not gonna find in any other time.
SPEAKER_02Oh, amazing. Oh my gosh, thank you for having me anyway. Thanks for coming so much. Um I bet it's so rewarding though after you're you're like working on it so much, and then you're seeing the people come in, they're there in the class.
SPEAKER_01I bet that's the moment where you're like, oh yeah, literally, it was last night I had that feeling as well. Um I was it's like I like to take videos, not just for social media, just for like memories and if people want them for themselves to look at. But I was filming, I was like, Yes, this is exactly what I'm doing it for, you know, like seeing everybody getting it right, not just that, but like feeling themselves and you know, just like feeling that sense of like accomplishment, like this is working, this is good, this is happening, this is everything that I've dreamed of. Um it was so weird though, I literally didn't know what to call it. Like, it's just I was born in '97.
SPEAKER_00Oh, is that why? Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Um, and then I was I literally did the logo in one day, and I know you're supposed to spend time and like but I just knew I was like, that's exactly I want the groovy groovy vibes, retro vibes. Yes, this is what I want. So I know that! I know, I can't believe I'm hit sat here talking about my own studio, it's just like a dream come true.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, so have you wanted one since you were tiny? Well, ask me that specific question.
SPEAKER_01No, not really. I've always been against having it because I was like, I never want to be tied down to having so much to look after, so much responsibility. And then I was like, but actually, then I can do what I want to do. I can take time off when I want to take time off, you know.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, and it's different reasons like you said, like people accomplishing things and having that place for community. Like, I don't think you don't think about things like that when you're younger.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, and I was like, oh, I don't know if that's for me. No, not for me. I'll just teach for other people, like that's for me. And then it was only like in like July, I was like, Do you know what? Why not?
SPEAKER_00That's how the turnaround was. Yeah. Like you decided in July that you were just gonna hire this space. Yeah. Wow. I thought July was a bit of like, oh no, literally July, you were like, Oh yeah, that'd be cool.
SPEAKER_01It was July. Oh my gosh. It was mid-July. There you go. And I I I was like looking, and then I was like, I went to go and view somewhere that was actually it's like in the same place in the same like unit area. Uh-huh. It's a unit I'm in now, but their ceilings were too small, too short, sorry. Yeah. And I couldn't even put my arms up. Oh gosh. Without I was like, oh no. No jumps in here, no jumps in here, we can just bounce. Bounce the knees. Um, and then I looked at the one that I'm in now and I was like, oh you know, and you're like, shall I? Mum, dad, will you come and look at it with me? You know what I mean? Like, I need someone to like tell me to just do this. And I wouldn't have I won't be where I am today without my mum and dad and my sister. So big shout out to them. But um, yeah, and I was like, Oh god, you know, it just feels right. Yeah, you were in there and I was in there and I was like, I can see this, I can see it. Because it was an office before. It was like two officers, yeah. So then the landlord helped me, he's lovely as well. He helped me knock all that down. Wow, so he let you like knock that down, put the floor in the floor. Yeah, put the floor in, yeah, yeah, put the mirrors up. We went to Wales for for the mirrors. We got the mirrors from Wales, so that was a big trek. My dad. Thank God. Um amazing! So yeah, it was July, that's mad, isn't it? Yeah, it's just such a quick turnaround as well. You never know what's gonna be. Yeah, I know. I would never have thought. And then but the what was the funny thing is that I'd got two holidays. I never go on holiday, by the way. I'd not been on holiday in about five years, and I'd got two holidays booked in August, one with my sister and one with my boyfriend and the kids. And I'm thinking, oh my god, I'm away for two weeks in August. It's July, and I opened the first of September. Do you know what I mean? You can do this. Come on, you can do it. Yeah, inspirational. I feel like also you need a date like to open, because if you're just like, oh, when I'm ready, yeah, you need to push for that. Yeah, that's a good tip there. Yeah, have a deadline. Yeah, have a deadline, and that's like that. That comes back to like having to cover off a dance. I need a dance by this time. I'm gonna have to do something. Yes.
SPEAKER_00I do that on a Thursday, it gets like 3 pm and what I'm teaching three hours. Yeah, I'm gonna have to do it.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, or that's me in the car ten minutes before.
SPEAKER_01I always do set warm-ups. So, like, I'll do section. But like, I'll be like, okay, we've done that warm-up for like four weeks now, let's do a new one. And I'll be in the car and I'll be like, okay, yeah, that for that section, that for that section, chorus, repeat through, a few squats, da da da da da. And then like I'll get to the studio, just write it down. I'll be like, okay, guys, we're gonna do this, and then I put it on with the music. I'm like, oh god. I'm not doing it. It's a bit more time again. Oh sorry guys, I did it in the car. We've all been there, yeah. Mine is oh it's a bit fast. It's a bit fast. Oh yeah, but you know it's a bit fast again. Yes, and we all looked at slowly again.
SPEAKER_02Oh I love that. I like to move. I like to move. Alright, let's go. Tell us the listeners, your favourite dance style for you to do.
SPEAKER_01For me, yes. Absolute fossil, 60s vibes, you know, jazz, small movements, a little sexy. Yeah. All for me, yeah.
SPEAKER_02Nice very good choice. This is your song. I love it. It's quite often powered in it.
SPEAKER_01Oh, I put the thing like I was doing it.
SPEAKER_02That's amazing. It's a good one. All the bigs as well. The shoulders, the bigger.
SPEAKER_01I love, I love songs that like have like something, you know, that it's just not like one, two. It's not just an eight count, it's hit. You know, like I like that's what like, oh like I love a bass. Like, I just love things that like you can get, you know, yourself into 100%. Yeah, definitely. I find it hard to choreograph to something that's just like not got anything to it or doesn't go anywhere. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So that's why I love that song. I feel like anyone can dance to that song. Do you know what I mean?
SPEAKER_02Anyone can do a little wiggle to me and a little yeah, that is fun. Um, so jazz is your favourite style to dance. Yeah. What about to teach at the studio?
SPEAKER_01Oh, that is a really good question.
SPEAKER_02You said to me you like quirky courier. You're here for the quirky courier.
SPEAKER_01I think tap. Because I think I I like old school tap, you know, wearing the money vibes, but also I like tap into like a random song.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Like we did Where is your husband the other day? Where the hell's my husband? Sorry, the other day. Like, and it was like proper down and like, you know, I just I think tap's coming back. Like you see on TikTok. I think bringing it back. You see it on TikTok, and like there's so many cool like things like that's coming back now, and I think tap is definitely one of them. Um, what we're doing at the minute in Tap, oh we're doing um hot honey rag. Yeah, great. So that is a bit more, but also like we've got Charleston in it as well. So I feel like with TAP, it like it brings so many other things into it as well. And I know there's only like technically a set amount of steps that you actually can do that are actual steps without making up random steps. I feel like I'm learning a new step every time. Do you mean to be that? Yeah, yeah, I love it. Yeah, I know, but then like I'm like, oh my god, I'm gonna run out of things to do.
SPEAKER_02You know, no, because I think, like you said, you can bring different styles into different music, like you can have a jazzy tap routine, you can have more street tap routine.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, definitely. I think the first one I came to was Olivia Dean, so that's like almost a bit more lyrically kind of like.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, that was a bit so like chilled vibes. Um I found that harder with tap though, you know, to like hold it. Yeah. Um it's nice though. And then we did boogie shoes, didn't we? We do do boogie shoes, yeah. We did boogie shoes, and we went like you're giving us all Polar Express. Yeah, I know. Polar Express has a good one.
SPEAKER_00Oh, we did Polar Express!
SPEAKER_01You can do that was a hard one, that one. It was. I got a bit carried away with that.
SPEAKER_00She's throwing in like all these musical theatre steps, like the little clip. Oh yeah.
SPEAKER_01Um the class is intermediate, but I actually think that I give advanced steps out. I actually think there are intermediate steps, but the speed and the timing makes it advanced. Yes. That is a big thing for me, actually. I've just said a little brain. A little boom. Yes. Let's talk about this. Yeah, with like I think sometimes the steps that I do in advanced classes sometimes are on a beginner level, but it's how you um execute that that move to make it look more advanced. Yes. Do you know what I mean? It's not I'm a big believer in okay, everyone loves a nice kick, a nice turn, but when I teach my classes, they're not really in my dances, it's more about the choreography for me, you know, and how you do the choreo. Oh, you can do it. Yeah, rather than you cannot teach style, in my opinion. I think you've either got it or you haven't. Um obviously there's things to do to help it, but like if you've got it naturally, it's just such a people have it, have it in them already. And then you can do things to help get better style, but some people have just got it. Do you know what I mean? Um so I think with my advanced classes, that is the advanced side of it, not necessarily the steps, she says. She says, everyone's gonna be like, Yeah, I can come to advanced class, and then they're gonna be like, Oh, yeah, you said it was easy. No, it's not easy, it's just like how you do the move.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I think also it's how you teach it. So it could be beginner's steps, but you could teach at a different pace, and you could just do it a few times and be like, boom, we're moving on and teach a longer one. Whereas you could teach something quite advanced, typically in a beginner's intermediate class, but you could take an hour doing eight steps, and it's just it's trying to uh get the level for your students that you know to like balance it. So, like my jobs group that I have um started off beginner, nowhere near as beginner now because they've like gone up to it, but they're it's quite um harder steps now, yeah, but we teach it maybe at a slow pace. Do you know what I mean? And just like getting that balance sometimes it's a bit of an easier routine, but we'll try and do it quicker. So it's just like having that balance. I think that comes from like experience from teaching and yeah, just doing it a lot over and over again.
SPEAKER_01I do think it is good to find the balance though of um maybe doing one week something a bit easier so everybody's a bit more chilled out, and then the next dance you do, make it a bit harder. We did um Fairly Odd Parents in My Beginner's Jazz, um, and that was quite hard, and it was a bit like again, a bit like Jazzy in Charleston here, but um now we're doing another one by its dust, which is a bit more like so. I do think it's good if you have your regular dances to change it up every time as well. Yeah, because you get in the same through, yeah. And I get fed up for doing the same things.
SPEAKER_02I think that's personally the hardest thing about having a weekly classic why I try and stick stay away from them as well as not wanting to commit too much. Um to just like keep people interested in get, like you said, there's a certain amount of steps you could I very rarely think you can make up a new complete dance move that's never been done before in the world. So it's like trying to just think of new different ideas and bring different styles in, bring different themes in and kind of why don't you bring some basketballs in? Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_01Do you know what? Watch this first. I'm gonna you'll see on my story.
SPEAKER_00I'm terrified to go to tap and drop them. Tap it! Have you bought a basketball?
SPEAKER_01Actually, don't worry about it.
SPEAKER_02She's got some frisbees. She's got some frisbees, she can bring some frisbees. She won them at a fair. No context. What are you gonna do with these frisbies? They just didn't sew his car because I'm on the top of it.
SPEAKER_03They're fairly dirty.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, they give me two for some reason. Hilarious. What are the big Teddy?
SPEAKER_02You can watch it in a vlog, I'll link it here. Um there any other styles you want to bring to the studio that you don't do? Oh have you ever thought about having another teacher in? Is that something for the future, or are you just like, I'm gonna teach this, I like where I am at?
SPEAKER_01A bit of both, really. Right now, I think I just need to.
SPEAKER_02Yes, I know you've only been over for six months. Oh no, no, no, oh no, it's a great question.
SPEAKER_01It's a great question. Right now, I think I just need to let everything settle because I have just started a new timetable, I've started a few new classes, so maybe in September time I would then uh see where the future could take us. I'm very inspired by Latin, to be honest. Um I'm not trained in Latin at all. Like I've I've done a few Latin classes, but I'm not trained in Latin. I do try do Latin steps in my dances. I'm not saying I'm doing them technique correctly, but sometimes people just want to come to class to dance.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I completely agree.
SPEAKER_01Like comfort fun. Comfort fun, um but like if you're doing it a little bit not right, does it actually matter as long as you're as long as you're not gonna injure yourself, you're having fun, you're exercising, you're feeling the vibes. That is a big belief I have. I do think technique is important, don't get me wrong.
SPEAKER_02Of course. It's different different audiences or different people who are coming to your class. Then I don't think you have professional, professional dancers when you begin a classes. It's like people come for different reasons.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, um so I would possibly think about Latin and had to get someone in. Um I have a I teach a girl for a private lesson, and um she got she's she uh does competitions with ballroom and Latin. And like I'm like, oh my god, she's literally so amazing we don't do that in our classes, yeah. We do jazz, but I'm like, like have like you know, just the way that Latin hold themselves. I love it so much. I do think Showgirl and Latin are very similar though.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it's similar styling.
SPEAKER_01It's similar styling, you know, with the arms and hips and shoulders. Um, and actually the footwork as well is quite similar, but I've never actually trained in Latin. I just think I can dance later.
SPEAKER_02We watch strictly and we're like, yeah, we've got it.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, we've got it, and I'm diving.
SPEAKER_02Right, moving on to put on your dancing shoes. This is where we as the audience get into your dancing shoes and get to know you a bit more. Okay, quick fire round. We've got one, two, three, four, five, six, six questions. Okay, one word answer. Uh yeah, is this or that? Okay. This or that. Okay, okay, fire this or that. Okay. No thinking. As quick as you can. Right, here we go. Leggings or trackies? Leggings. Slick bun or hair down. Always slick bun. Front and centre or chorus line? Big both.
SPEAKER_00Front and centre. Lane corioba counts or melody?
SPEAKER_02Counts. Opening night or closing night.
SPEAKER_00Opening night. Trainers, heels or bare feet?
SPEAKER_02Heels. And if your life was a dance movie, what would the title be? You can have that don't have to be as quick fire, you can have a thing about that one.
SPEAKER_01If my life if my if my life was a dance movie, what would the title be? Um, I think it would be don't laugh at this. This is one of my catchphrases. You can touch your boobs, they yours. Because when when we're dancing, like if someone's like dancing and like not actually touching themselves, it makes it all fun. Yeah, it makes it all you can switch your boobs, they are. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02That is my coming to a cinema in there. I'm joking that is so funny, but like it's on trackies, yeah. I had a feeling you would say like it's the it's yeah, it's the jazzy shogun.
SPEAKER_01I feel like although I am partial to a flur. Flares are I am partial to a flair.
SPEAKER_02I feel like that's the 90s kids in us. Flares is like, yes.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I just I feel comfortable. Yes, yeah. Yeah. It's jazz pan. Similar vibes, slick bun. Slick bun, yeah. Yeah. It's good to when you're dancing, I think it's really important that you feel nice as well. Because if there's mirrors there and you have to look at yourself, there's nothing worse than thinking, oh god, I'm not feeling myself today. Yeah, it does and I do actually makes you dance better. It does, it does. We all have them days where like whatever time of the month it is, or you know, you do look and you think, oh god, I've got to look at myself all lesson or all night. And then but if you just put that little extra effort in, just have that slick back and you feel the part. I do think it's about feeling the part. If you went to a uh ballet class and wore trackers, you wouldn't feel the part. You know, if you went to a Latin class and wore, I don't know, a leotard just with bare legs, you don't think you'd feel the part, would you really? Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02I agree, I agree. Uh front and centre you went for rather than core as like. I did.
SPEAKER_01I just think. Why not? Yeah, we all want to. And everybody gets a turn, so uh in my own.
SPEAKER_02That'll be my turn, front and centre. I always like being in the centre. Yeah. I don't care where, like, especially in classes, I think you just like teach the people see, I don't know, they just look at the middle more. I'd much rather be like in the centre, even near the back than at the front at the side. I just feel like you've got I don't know whether also it's like you feel in the room, like in the group, yeah, in the group of dancers rather than if you're on the edge. That's just like us.
SPEAKER_01I am partial to a chorus line, you know, like having like um the kicks. Yeah, the kicks and like, you know, oh I can't get my words out. You know, like alternate choreography, like up and downs and forwards and backwards. I feel like that can look quite cool too. So that's true. We're sticking with front and sounds like that in the house.
SPEAKER_02Learn choreo by council melody. I thought you might have said melody. I thought you would have gone melody. Really?
SPEAKER_01I am such a county person.
SPEAKER_02Like so you teach by counting.
SPEAKER_01Yes, nine times out of ten I do. Um I think it's important because not everybody might know the song that you're dancing to. So if you're going uh if you're singing it, like in my lyrical class last night, I didn't think that people would know the song. It was July by Noah Cyrus. Do you know that song? I've never heard of it. Exactly. And I uh the the lyrics start on count two, so it goes one. I've been holding back, right? And it starts from there. But if I'd have gone like people might have come in on one. So I'm like always two, three, four, do you know what I mean? I feel like it's really important. And then when as the time goes on in the class, you can start like humming the melody and talking through the melody with the choreo. I think importantly at first it's important, counts.
SPEAKER_02That's true.
SPEAKER_01For me. I feel like you make noises, yeah, and I just sing. Yeah, I think it's a bit of a mix though, like, don't get me wrong, like a lot I think a lot more people prefer to learn with the lyrics. What what word is this on? Yeah. I always get that. What word is this on? I'm like, yeah, that's fine, no problem. Like everybody learns it differently. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, so I think Yeah, definitely.
SPEAKER_00And it's hard when you don't know the song, but it is really hard.
SPEAKER_01And but then like if you if you're talking through the choreo like up to speed with the music, but without the music, I'll probably do a little bit of both. Yeah, a little bit of singing. Yeah, a little bit of dance to the stuff.
SPEAKER_02To count in the you sing, sing the note, but you count it. So you're doing the melody, but you're but you're counting it, yeah.
SPEAKER_01With Polar Express, I was like a one and two and three and four. One thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER_02You're doing the melody, yeah.
SPEAKER_01What was the bit where it was like flying through the mountains and the snow? Do you remember the corridors? Yeah, I just remember that. Oh that's funny.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I also think as well, um you it you've got to know who you're teaching. Like some might be like, oh no, I need the counts. Yeah. But some might be like, you said the word. And it's just like knowing your audience. Yeah, and adapting to the different styles.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, definitely. And the more the people that well, the more the people come, you get to find the best way. Yeah. It just clicks for them as well.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. Doing a mould is the best mould of everything. Opening night or closing night, I can't remember what you said. I said opening night. Opening, did you?
SPEAKER_01Like, all the nervous energy. Like, I think it's such a good thing. I think closing night can like it's quite sad, it's sad. It's a bittersweet. Yeah. Like the opening night, I'll like it's just something you never you're absolutely yourself, you know what I mean? But like that that vibe and like everybody's in the same boat. Yeah, like of course things are gonna go wrong. Do you know what I mean? Things are gonna go wrong. Everything goes right all the time, so yeah. And especially with the pressure, but I love pressure. Pushes you forward. Work well under pressure until the pressure comes, and then I do not work well under the press. Do you know what I mean?
SPEAKER_02It's like, oh, oh, actually I love that though. It's good. Trainers, heels, or bare feet. Heels.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it's just I mean, I just think like it's just like a whole different like persona, you know, when you've got heels on, it's like, oh god, yeah.
SPEAKER_00I got my heels on. That's so funny that you said heels, you would obviously say barefoot and I'd say trainers. Oh, would you wear one of each?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I'm 100% bare feet. Oh, barefoot, you should never wear shoes all the time. Oh yeah. Yeah, I'd rather wear no shoes no time. Socks, yeah. Socks. Yeah, do you dance really?
SPEAKER_00You wear socks, to be honest. I feel like you're always just barefoot.
SPEAKER_02That's because I just wear sliders. I'm just uh moving my toes out. But in this weather.
SPEAKER_01Socks. Always I like to have my feet covered up. I hate having bare feet. Can I tell you why? Do you want the podcast to know why? Yeah, they can know why. I've got a really bad bunion. Yeah. It's horrific. Is it from dancing? I just think it's genetic, really, and a bit of dancing. And the podcast can know my deepest dye is bunion secrets. Yeah, like I just I don't like people. She does sometimes get it out and tap up if you're lucky. If you're lucky. If you're lucky, you don't know if it's not a good thing. You'll see my bunion.
SPEAKER_02I'm gonna end the section there. My favourite section. Don't be moody, shake your booty. Right, this time we're doing like a highlight reel and a blooper reel. Okay. We're going for the highs and lows of your dance life. So let's start with something you struggle with. Let's get the bat out of the way first. Um tell us something you might have struggled with. Opening up your new studio, any like sticky bits, or just something that you've been like, oh to go in your blooper reel side of life.
SPEAKER_01I mean my blooper reel. I feel like it's trying to please everybody. Like I feel like you can't always please everybody. I'm qu I like to think that I'm quite. A selfless person, I don't like upsetting people, I don't like you know hard feelings. But this has been quite hard for me, having to be quite selfish this time. That I would say that that's been the sticky thing for me, you know.
SPEAKER_02Um but yeah, have you kind of been like this is my studio, this is how I'm gonna run it, and you can come or you're not. I like that though, there's like strength in that.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, there is strength in that, but also like it's quite sad at the same time.
SPEAKER_02You just you just get nowhere though, if you're trying to be everybody and everyone's what they want, and even in terms of like stars of class, do you know what I mean? You've only got so many hours in the day, especially while you're out to fit everything in. So it's just like this is your project, and that's what you want to do.
SPEAKER_01And also, I'm so tired. That is in my blood like I've just woken up from my second nap of the day.
SPEAKER_02But you're still there and you're still doing it, that's amazing. Um, the next question was gonna be have you had any pinch me moments? But you've uh already said that that you're on stage of beddom, like wow, I'm actually doing this for a living. And that's just have you had any other like wow moments? Um what was opening studio like?
SPEAKER_01I was just gonna say that. It the first day was obviously quiet. Like the first day I did my lessons, they were quiet. I had a few, I've done I got teen classes as well, so I had a few in for there, I had a few in for tap. Um, but the pinch me moment was I had a little opening night, and so many people came, you know, just to show support. Like people that aren't even interested in dancing, family, friends just came for a nose in. Like it was so busy, and I taught everybody a little dance. It was it was literally like nothing, it was just a mambo number five, it was just like claps and like twists and stuff. Um, but like watching everybody do that, just having a laugh, like I was like, oh god, you know when you just feel so loved, like that's a bit like they're heavy for me. Yeah, that everybody's turned up for me. Like, that is mind-blowing for me. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, people come out of their way on an on a bank holiday weekend in August to come and show their face. Like, that's thank you.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. You know, like that is a pinch good. Or if you could go back to the version of you which had the blooper, what would you tell her at the beginning when you're like, oh, unsure, yeah. Yeah, what would you say?
SPEAKER_01I was like, everything will be okay, everything is always okay. I'm a I'm a panicker, I'm a worrier. I do like not I don't have sleepless nights, but when I'm in bed, I'm like, even now, like you do worry about what's gonna happen in the future. I'm like, everything will always be fine. Like, there's no point getting stressed about it, there's no point in worrying about things. Everything like I've got uh an amazing um supportive family, so yeah, if I was ever so worried about something, everything would always be fine.
SPEAKER_00I've got this. There's that saying innit of like if you wouldn't be stressed about it in a year, it's not worth stressing about it.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, that is so true. Like, what is the point in wasting time now? Wasting energy on that, you know. Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER_02It doesn't do anything, it doesn't do anything, it doesn't change anything, it just makes things worse because you then look I am quite bad for that actually still, I think.
SPEAKER_01You know, being at home and thinking, oh god, this, this, this, when actually sit down, watch TV, watch creators. I think I do a whole podcast about that. Let's not games like that. Um don't stop checking that if some anyone's booked a class, you know, because I'm thinking that it's quiet or stop like um thinking, oh what song can I just uh do that tomorrow.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah. I think it's important for self-employed people if you're look thinking of being self-employed, to this is what I've learned. Block your time out. You otherwise you literally are doing it 24-7, which is like when you're like, oh, I'm dancing, you're not dancing 24-7, it's all the other things that you're talking about. Like, you need to be like, no, I'm gonna put my phone away, I'm not gonna apply to anybody until 9am tomorrow morning, and I'll go and do it then. You're just gonna, I'm gonna have an evening off or something because literally I've been at like anything and just like on your phone checking things, like I think it's because it's so accessible, we've got emails and everything, and you're like checking it. And I'm like, no, I'm doing something fun, like just stop doing like all the things that are in your brain, and just like having the blocks of time be like, I'm working now or I'm having fun now.
SPEAKER_01I think that's a really important thing to say. My boyfriend Dan is so supportive. I'll be like, Oh, I'm just sorry, I'm just he's like, Yeah, it's fine, and I'm like, No, we're on a date. You're like, you need to tell me to get off my phone. And he's like, he's so supportive, like um, he's always there, and he's always like, Yeah, you do you, do what you need to do, and then we'll have us time, but we don't actually get much us time because we're both so busy. Yeah, um, he's got two kids, so like I'm stepmum now as well. Um which I love them so much. When you have a minute, yeah, between Aldi and the studio, just bring him to the studio. Yeah, they come to the studio. I love them, they come to my connection. They're like, Are we dancing this week? I was like, Do you want to dance in this week? They're like, Yeah, they're like, can we do this song? Can we? I'm like, Yeah, sure. Great, use them for inspiration. That's perfect! That's like relevant and what they want to happen to. I need to take your advice, and I do need to do that more, I think. You know, block out time, have me time because otherwise it takes over your life.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, unless it's something urgent that needs doing, like the amount of times though I've been like, does that need doing? No, that does not need doing right now. Nothing's gonna change if I do it now or if I do it at 9am in the morning.
SPEAKER_01Definitely, I I from now on I'm gonna do that. That is my New Year's resolution in February, nearly. Oh, the song! What the song?
SPEAKER_02This song, I asked you for something that if you're having a bit of a moody day and you need to get moving again. Oh again, it's quite like jazzy isolation. I know, yeah.
SPEAKER_01Oh, I love it. Yes, that's a great one. I don't think that's such a good one. I feel like every generation can love that song. Yeah. No matter what age you are, you can love that song. Yeah, yeah. I just think like 60s vibes, you know. Yeah, everything. It's just like a groovy. Like, you don't have to do anything complicated. You can just, you know. Yeah, love me.
SPEAKER_02Last bit, probably the hardest bit for you, but we're gonna push you. The masterclass minute, you've got 60 seconds of real talk. The things that like are untaught, not things you learn from uni, advice for the next generation from you, things you've learned in your life. About dance. Um it could be general life advice, but the podcast is about dance. So, yes, preferably about dance, it could be about learning the uh opening the studio. Yeah. Any advice you have for the next generation of dancers. 60 seconds.
SPEAKER_03Oh, we've got a timer.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, we can do a time.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, we're doing 60 seconds. If you don't do full six seconds, don't go right. Tell me when. Go. I think focus on you. Do not look at anyone else in that room until like the right time, if you're doing corner work or it's time to support somebody else. But while you're learning that routine, while you're in that class, focus on you. If you're doing that choreo in my classes, if you're doing that choreo slightly different, but it feels better for you and your body, do it. You go to classes to learn choreography from other people, they've done that choreo because they feel good doing that. If I know it's all about details, but if you sl if you feel better doing it slightly different, why not? Do you know what I mean? I just think if you feel good, that is what life is about. So do the dance that makes you feel good. Um, how long have we got left? You've got 19 seconds. Um I also think don't care what anybody else thinks, this is a life thing. If you're happy if you like that hobby, do that hobby. If you like that kind of music, you like that kind of music. If you want to wear that, you wear that. Nobody actually cares. Yes. Do you know what I mean? If you someone might think, oh my god, she looks really cool wearing that today in dance class. Oh, time's up.
SPEAKER_03Do you know what I mean? Yeah, no, keep going, that's good. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_01I think it's really important that we're not not all look like robots. Yeah. I think it might get to a time like that, especially with dance. You know, that we're all so worried about hitting the right leg, hitting the right line, wearing the right thing when actually it's pretty boring now. We all need to take it out of the box, do you? Yeah, that was amazing!
SPEAKER_02And to finish off with, let's have a song that inspired you or will inspire the next generation. You gave us two. Oh, I did. But we're just letting you have it. So which one is one of them? Yeah, we need some more songs, I'll play this. Is one of them one that inspired you? Or are they just both you think they're inspirational songs?
SPEAKER_01I think they're both inspirational songs.
SPEAKER_02Perfect. First one.
SPEAKER_01Yes, you can hear all the hits and that under pressure by Queen. I just think it's Vibe. You could do any kind of dance to that song. Yes, true. Do you know what I mean? You could actually take it into a quirky ballet. You know what I mean? You know it now. I want to see that. That's not good. I want you to do a quirky ballet to be a good one. I could do I could do that. Um I've done a dance to that song before, and it was like, um, I think that's actually what like got me like into choreography. You know that song? You know, like hitting all the funky moves? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Um perfect.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. Then the next one, I'm actually probably gonna use this for an extra 18 with the jazz group because I forgot about this song. It's called That Man by Claro Emerald. Do you know this song?
SPEAKER_00Have you not done this before?
SPEAKER_02No.
SPEAKER_00I feel like I've heard someone do this before. Maybe it was you.
SPEAKER_02I just think it's me, but it's also very jazzy and like, yeah. I was like, oh yeah, that's a good one.
SPEAKER_01And like it goes like a bit like um quite in like in the middle of it, it's like down and like and then it like comes back up again. Like, I like songs like that. And also, I feel like all the old school, like you know, early 1900s like kind of dance styles, like are always gonna be a part of our dance now. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, you know, Fred Esther and that vibes. I feel like we're always gonna have that in inspired by iconic, yeah, iconic moves.
SPEAKER_02Even single moves like you just did that, like that's yeah.
SPEAKER_01Do you know what I mean? It's never gonna go anywhere, and that song just makes me want to dance like that.
SPEAKER_02So Yeah! Thank you so much for having me. Thank you so much for having me. Can we find you?
SPEAKER_01What are your socials for you and the studio? Let us know. My um studio um Instagram is at studio97 dance, and I'm Bell Hyde.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, you're bad.
SPEAKER_01Bell underscore hyde.
SPEAKER_02I'll link you all below and your website and everything so we can.
SPEAKER_01Thank you so much for having me. I've had the best time. Thank you.
SPEAKER_00Thank you so much for listening, everyone. That was really fun. I enjoyed it. Yeah, that was a good chat. Yeah. I was like just saying it was quite nice because obviously I go to Bell's classes, it was quite nice to actually chat to her because I always like I have like a minute with her before or after class. Yes. So it was nice to actually get to properly chat and find out about her. Yeah, yeah, definitely.
SPEAKER_02It's hard when you're in the middle of class. Oh, not in the middle, in the middle of a switchover, because you're like, oh, you're going out in the new class. Exactly.
SPEAKER_00Coming in, so many people there as well. Bye.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, definitely. No, she's got such a nice energy. I feel like we're similar dance styles. Yeah. Jazz. She's like, oh, love a little bit of Latin y like choreographing. I don't do tap, not that similar, but like when she was like, Yeah, I love the pizzas. I'm like, yes, so do I. I've got to come to some classes. You do. We definitely need to go to line dancing with our mums as well. That's definitely happening. 100%.
SPEAKER_00Her studio is so nice, so I definitely recommend anybody goes and checks that.
SPEAKER_02Definitely check the info down below. And thank you so much for listening, everyone. Don't forget to subscribe, like, comment, all that jazz really helps the channel and the podcast. Thank you. Thank you, guys.