Let’s dance

✢ Love Strictly Come Dancing and want to learn from the experts? donahey’s dance School run dancing with the Stars of Strictly Weekends at hotels around the UK. On 14-16 June, Anton du Beke and Erin Boag are among the teachers at their three-night event at the de Vere Beaumont Estate, Berkshire; donaheys.co.uk ✢ If you like disco you’ll love FunkFit’s dance fitness classes in Brighton and sussex. There’s no complicated choreography to follow – you just strut your stuff to uplifting funk, soul, disco and motown tunes led by “Funkmaster” JP Omari or one of his team. Founder JP is planning to take FunkFit national in 2019, so watch this space; funkfituk.co.uk

✢ If the 80s is your era, check out the rewind Festival, which bills itself as “the biggest 80s music festival in the world”, with events at Scone Palace in Perthshire (19-21 July), Capesthorne Hall in Cheshire (2-4 August), and Henley-on-Thames in Berkshire (16-18 August). Last year’s line-up included Kool & The Gang, Omd and Shalamar; rewindfestival.com ✢ or join throwback: the 80s Festival at sea on 11-14 October, which promises all the fun of an 80s festival without the mud, on-board a cruise ship. The

Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas sails from Southampton to Le Havre and has non-stop 80s events and activities, and theme nights; floatingfestivals.co.uk

✢ If you want to cha-cha-cha around the Caribbean or mambo around the Med, Us-based Dancers at sea offer ballroom dance cruises that include group dance workshops, a private lesson and hosted social dancing. Upcoming dates include a seven-night West Caribbean cruise on 7 April, and a 10-night mediterranean Rivieras cruise on 21 August; dancersatsea.com w&h