Putting ballroom dancing on the map - and the stage
More than 1m British people have ballroom lessons. Some of them will appear in John Retallack's new work. By Lyn GardnerIn a musty ballroom under the White Rock Theatre, director and choreographer Jack Murphy is attempting to get members of Hastings Old Town Dancing School to unleash their inner Fred and Ginger. "Your feet are divine," he tells them. And so they are. As the dancers take to the floor for a s…