This session from Curve Classroom is one for everyone aged 6 and over, whether you are seated or can stand to dance, and whether you are at home and dancing on your own or with your family, or learning in school or as part of a group. Mel teaches the hand jive, a form of dance most popular in the USA during the 1950s. Mel starts with a warm up, then teaches the hand jive, and follows on with several creative tasks for you to work on in your own spaces both as part of the video and as a follow on from watching it. Mel then finishes with a cool-down. If you want to share your dances with Curve, please send them in to us via Facebook messenger.

Recommended age: 6+

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Mel Knott is a dance artist, educator and choreographer and is Lecturer is Community Dance Practice at De Montfort University. She has choreographed productions at Curve including George’s Marvellous Medicine, The Witches and Giraffes Can’t Dance, and leads Curve Young Dance Company.