Category: Controversies
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Burning floors
Dancing was so much a part of Catholic social life in the 20th century West, and forbidding dancing so much associated with Anabaptist sects, that it came as a surprise […]
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The Ballroom Competition
For Sunday I planned something very new for MMWP: a trip to the Edinburgh University Ballroom Dance Society’s Inter-College Dance Competition (Waltz and Cha-Cha). It was one of my more […]
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Totally waisted
One of the sad things about popular dancing in the West is that the “fast dances” gave way to partnerless flailing and ballroom became “slow dancing.” “Slow dancing”, when I […]
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A Short(ish) Digression about Love
I love the traditional Catholic movement: the dedication to the beautiful Mass of Ages, the claiming of our glorious musical patrimony, the study of the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas, […]
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Surviving the Scene
The other night I downed tools and went to a new block of swing-dance classes. Several years have travelled under the South Bridge since I took my first Lindy Hop […]
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Dancing for Joy
The people that walked in darkness, have seen a great light: to them that dwelt in the region of the shadow of death, light is risen (Isaiah 9:2). Some Catholics […]
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What should I wear to the Michaelmas Dance?
If you have a Substack or blog devoted to Christian themes, I highly recommend writing something about Women’s Clothing from time to time. It will get viewers and viewer response […]
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Something Better
As Lent slowly creeps forward, I miss dancing. I think back especially to three fun evenings listening and dancing to live jazz bands and watching the flying feet of Balboa […]
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‘Why dance?’
Yesterday I went to a Sunday Lunch and left feeling a little like an ex-belle of the wild Georgian era who has been to a Victorian tea party. The venue, […]
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Why Ladies Should Not Ask Gentlemen to Dance
I have touched on this subject before (here, for example), but I think it bears repeating. It is also a controversial topic, so it is good to review my arguments […]