Yes, You Can Cha Cha to Lady Gaga

Daniella, Lindsay and GaryWhen I first started my ballroom dancing lessons last September, I’ve learned a lot more steps across six dances: waltz, tango, fox trot, rumba, swing and cha cha.

The latter has proven to be my favourite dance of late. It’s fast, it’s fun and it’s great for dancing to a lot of popular music. So when it came time to select a dance for my latest spotlight dance, it was a no brainer. I told Lindsay, one of my teachers, that a cha cha to Lady Gaga would be fun. I was half kidding, but only days later she and my other teacher Daniella conspired to develop a route to Bad Romance.

But here’s the kicker: I wouldn’t be dancing with just one partner – I would be dancing with two!

Dancing with two partners made rehearsals challenging, but I knew it would be routine to remember. It was tricky, but a lot of fun and it caught the audience by surprise too. My friends Jonathan and Izabella were there once more to cheer me on, as well as my friend Natalie and my friend David, who snapped some photos.