Have you or your kids ever wanted to get into dance? With Strictly back on our screens, Yasmin Sheikh from Caprice Dance Academy is encouraging everyone to step up and give it a go.
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00:00We're Caprice Dance Academy. We're one big family with open arms for literally everybody.
00:05We like to dance like no one's watching. We like to dance like we're dancing in the rain.
00:08Dance is, is for everybody and anybody. You've just got to take the step first.
00:15Caprice Dance Academy in Leeds has gone from strength to strength in the dancing world,
00:19developing the next generation of professional dancers. Owner and Principal Yasmin Sheikh,
00:25her four-legged friend and some of her students reflect now
00:28on recent competition success and share their tips for getting in to dance.
00:33You're in awe of these children and adults but you're in awe of them so you watch them come in
00:37and they're nervous. They know nobody and they literally trust you, like literally in that
00:42moment they trust you and then we start off with something steady, something simple.
00:47Caprice Dance Academy is a place where you learn how to dance and our dance teacher Yas
00:52is one of the very good dance teachers. It's been pretty good, we've done lots of competitions,
00:57we've won and we've lost but it's all pretty good. I've been doing it years and years now
01:02and I just haven't got bored of it you know, like especially at Caprice it's become like my home
01:06and I just, I just enjoy it so much and there's nothing I'd rather do. It's like a home to us,
01:11we always enjoy coming here, we always enjoy seeing everyone and we're like one big massive
01:15family. I really enjoy coming here because I really, I'm into dance and musical theatre so I
01:22wanted to learn to dance so I could like expand my skills and abilities and I really enjoy competing
01:33because I like to win. It could be simply fitness, it could be simply just to meet others
01:38and it could be something you've seen on the TV. Most people love a good bit of strictly,
01:41I definitely believe dance is the thing to get you moving. The competition floor is like a whole
01:46nother like level of like amazement honestly. I got first in tango and second in jive. I got second
01:54in my quick step but I didn't get through that money rounds and my cha-cha. I danced my quick
01:58step and cha-cha. I did my jive and tango and I forgot then and I came in first and second
02:08and I came in first and second too. I went on and did my dance and I won it. I also got second
02:15in my second dance and it's not about being the best of the best, it's about doing it for you
02:19and not about for other people. I'd just say just go out and give it a go because you never know
02:24what you could find. Don't worry if you can't do a single move, you'll progress, you will eventually
02:29get better and better and better so you don't have to be worried about not being able to dance.
02:34Not only is it like teacher satisfaction, it's just seeing them go on a journey for themselves
02:38because dance, we can talk about dance being physical movement and a sport, which it is,
02:44but it's so much more like you become a part of something bigger whether you compete or not.
02:50Never give up, do what you want, follow your dreams and always try your hardest.
02:57You're still what I'm saying.