The CBM Files

Today, we're answering some of the questions from our community. Expect to hear about the most gruesome accidents, famous people and dance trauma: spicy topics and funny stories across the board.

Today we're talking about medal tests: what they are, why they are and what to expect when you're taking one. Neil is sharing his experience as a coach in organising and preparing his students, Hannah is asking lots of questions and, of course, there is a funny story about an examiner.

As always, these are just our opinions shared for educational and entertainment purposes.

In this episode we're introducing a new section - The New News. We're talking about some recent drama in the dance world and news from Blackpool. In the second half, we're discussing some misconceptions and expectations that people have when it comes to dancing and arguing about what's the best apocalypse to have.

As always these are just our opinions, expressed for educational and entertainment purposes.

In this episode we’re talking about where beginner dancers can start when they’re looking for places and resources to learn dancing. Neil is explaining his approach to his own beginner program and gets animated about people teaching dancing online.

As always these are our opinions only and serve educational and entertainment purposes.

Today we are talking about judges and their process. You will find out what the requirements are, how they think, what they do and what they look at. As always there will be some controversy but you might need to listen till the end.

As always these are only our opinions that serve entertainment and educational purposes only.

The final part of our Blackpool saga. We’re back and it’s time to analyse how we did. Were our hopes and dreams realised? What are our impressions about the weekend? Neil is sharing his thoughts as a coach about our performance and shares some observations about differences in mindset that can help any competitor in the future.

These are our opinions only expressed for education and entertainment purposes only.

Today we are chatting to our entire team of competitors about their thoughts, feelings and preparation for the main competition of the year. Live from Blackpool, we are sharing our expectations and hopes as well as answering some of Neil’s hardest questions.

As always we’re only sharing our opinions for educational and entertainment purposes.

Today we’re talking about an upcoming competition in Blackpool that we will be taking part in. This more conventional episode will cover the structure of the competition, how it’s different from others and our personal feelings about it.

As always these are only our opinions and serve educational and entertainment purposes.

Continuing our topic of clothes from last week, in this episode we’re discussing clothes dancers wear for competitions. We talk about the best approach to picking competition clothes, some of the problems industry faces and why it’s important to eat something you love when picking your next look.

As always we’re just expressing our opinions for educational and entertainment purposes only.

In this episode we’re diving in into the world of practice clothes, discussing what to wear, how to choose the right practice wear for you and its current state in the industry. No matter if you’re a social dancer, a beginner or an experienced competitor - you will find something useful for yourself that will improve quality and enjoyment of your dancing.

As always these are only our opinions expressed for educational and entertainment purposes.