About
John and Irene have been dancing for the last 25 years and have had a go at most things. They started off doing modern Jive at LeRoc and Ceroc but over the years have dipped their toes into Salsa, Latin & Ballroom Lindy Hop and West Coast Swing. They have been dancing tango on and off for many years but have taken it more seriously over the last five years or so.
Music has always been John’s big love and he has been a DJ for many years, playing music for all the different styles they have tried. John and Irene started Demon Dance Co and ran their first event in 2002. They still run events for modern Jive and Blues which are advertised on our website dancedemon.co.uk, however, in the last few years they have been running Alternative Tango events. In conversation with other tango dancers, they found that there was quite a few who liked the idea of dancing to more contemporary music without the strict etiquette of traditional tango, so they started running the Alt Tango Edinburgh milongas in the Lifecare Centre in Cheyne street, Stockbridge.
At the end of last year John and Irene were asked to run an Alt Tango in Glasgow and now run three successful Sunday Alt Tango tea dances in Bearsden. There definitely is a growing following for what John and Irene do. The alt Tango events are advertised through their Facebook group page Alt Tango Scotland rather than the Demon Dance Co website.
John also DJ’s for Traditional Tango working predominantly with Tango del Jueves Thursday practilonga at the Greyfriars Charteris Centre, at Tango Mac in Glasgow and Milonga del Viernes Friday milonga at Pilrig St Pauls.