Richard Gleave – Blackpool Congress (Package)

Product Description

Richard Gleave’s Blackpool Congress package lists presentations from 1992 through 2015, recorded live at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. The programme moves from Quality and Foxtrot My Way to later themes including A Lifetime of Study, Rhapsody for Two and Artistry in Movement and Time. It is catalogued at Intermediate/Advanced level.

Several entries involve other presenters. The 1994 bonus entry names Fletcher, Stylianos, Gleave and Barr alongside their respective dance subjects. Cinderella in 1998 and The Reunion in 2006 credit Michael Barr and Len Goodman with Richard Gleave. These references are retained rather than reducing the whole selection to solo instruction.

Success Secrets closes the programme in 2015. The dated subjects provide a practical way to locate particular Congress material and compare its stated focus across years. The collaborations and bonus presentation give the selection an additional dimension alongside Gleave’s individually named lectures.

The span of years is one of the collection’s distinguishing features. A viewer can return to a particular lecture, compare its stated theme with another year, or focus on the collaborative entries rather than following the whole programme in one sitting. The live Winter Gardens recordings offer Congress presentations, with nine documented entries listed below. The lecture titles help viewers choose the subjects most relevant to their ballroom interests.

Course Contents

1. Blackpool Congress 1992 – Quality
2. Blackpool Congress 1994 – Foxtrot My Way
3. Blackpool Congress 1994 – The Bonus Fletcher Foxtrot – Stylianos Tango – Gleave Paso Doble and Barr Macho Rock
4. Blackpool Congress 1998 – Michael Barr – Richard Gleave – Len Goodman – Cinderella
5. Blackpool Congress 2006 – Richard Gleave, Michael Barr & Len Goodman – The Reunion
6. Blackpool Congress 2010 – A Lifetime of Study
7. Blackpool Congress 2011 – Rhapsody for Two
8. Blackpool Congress 2013 – Artistry in Movement and Time
9. Blackpool Congress 2015 – Success Secrets