Miranda Rudegeair has danced her entire life.

Starting as a young child, she says that dancing around her room to music is something she could do for the entire day and never get bored of. When the opportunity to dance arose at school she jumped at the chance, with her teacher becoming her dance mentor throughout the years.

Miranda has now taught various styles of dance for ten years, but it is only in the last three and a half years that she has started to teach Groove Dance here in Melbourne.

“I feel like dancing is in everyone, I just want to bring it out. People just sometimes need a bit of encouragement. When people are drunk at a party, that’s when a lot of dancing happens. I want to make people that comfortable to dance all the time.”

Miranda says that making people feel comfortable about their dancing is what Groove Dance is all about.

“I don’t want to take people out of their comfort zone as such, because I don’t want to make them uncomfortable. I want to make them as comfortable as possible and get to know their own dance style.”

Miranda says that most people don’t realise what their bodies are capable of, and she wants people to feel the music and do what feels right

“When you ask people if they can dance, most of them will say no. People associate the idea of dancing with athleticism and professional dance, but dancing is just moving to music! I give people the steps, it’s not like I’m just leaving them completely on their own!”

Miranda currently teaches classes at Fed Square, and says that while people may become self-conscious beacuse of this, is has allowed her to promote her classes a lot more. This has also encouraged certain people to join in on the fun every week, creating a dancing community within her classes.