”I want to bring the joy of dance
the world over to show people how    

much learning to dance can help them
with their wellbeing”

DEBBIE SNASHALL

Founder & CEO of Dance Afloat Limited

Debbie Snashall is the Founder and CEO of Dance Afloat Limited, the cruise industry’s leading supplier of dance expertise. She is also a qualified professional Ballroom, Latin American and Line Dancing teacher with over 30 years teaching experience.

Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, Debbie’s love of dance started when she was just 8 years old and she enjoyed many years competing as an amateur and winning many trophies. She says she knew from a young age that she wanted to make dancing her career and so at the age of 18 she did just that and turned professional.

Debbie met her late husband Kevin at the then Arlington Ballroom in Ipswich where they both trained and taught for many years. In 1999 they were offered the opportunity of a lifetime which they grabbed with both hands, the chance to travel the world, teaching people to dance and performing themselves in cabaret on a cruise ship!

It was whilst cruising that they established Dance Afloat in March 2001. With their extensive knowledge of dancing and now cruising they were well placed to recruit Gentlemen Dance Hosts and fellow Dance Instructors for the cruise industry.

Sadly, in 2003 a horrible twist of fate saw Kevin fall ill and in October 2005 he lost his battle with Cancer and died at the very young age of just 42.

Knowing how much Kevin loved teaching people to dance and how proud he was of Dance Afloat, Debbie was determined to continue to grow the business in his memory and grow the business she has!

Her wealth of experience and a passion for bringing the ‘Joy of Dance’ to others is certainly clear. Whilst still supplying many cruise lines with Dance Hosts and Instructors, Dance Afloat also offers so much more. Debbie is proud to now also offer a wellbeing side to the business with dance workshops, experience days and group events.

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Dear Dance Afloat, I have not long returned from this cruise on the Boudicca. I love to dance and not having a dance partner any more, often go on cruises for the dancing as well as the travel. I just wanted to say a big thank you to Terry and Avril, Michael and Dave for all their help and hard work, especially as we were two dance hosts short. They really did their best to be fair to us all. Then they kept going and we had fun in the Lido after. I don't know where they get their energy from! Yours sincerely,
Ann
QM2 Southampton – Hamburg – Southampton M838C 14-18 OCTOBER Two brilliant Dance hosts in the Queens Ballroom.....polite, courteous, respectful, helpful, charismatic, fun and exceptionally good dancers/teachers NORMAN & PETE My Wife, Dawn, loves dancing and felt so happy and comfortable dancing with both gentlemen. They both also showed the ultimate courtesy to me personally. Norman and Pete epitomise the best of Cunard and should be congratulated. Kind regards,
Mr Boyes
Hi, I recently returned from the cruise which departed from Liverpool on 8th August and I just wanted to let you know what a delightful group I found the dance hosts on board. They were John, Ray, Martin and Clare and all of them were so pleasant and friendly they immediately put you at your ease. As someone who used to dance quite a lot but had not done so at all since losing my partner some years ago they encouraged me to get up and see how much I could remember and were very tolerant of my mistakes. This greatly increased my enjoyment of the cruise so please could you pass on my sincere thanks to all of them.
Elizabeth

Great Feedback From Warner’s At Lakeside

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Truly superb holiday, way above my expectations!. The chalet rooms were spotless and set in tasteful and spacious grounds, some overlooking the beautiful lake with abundant bird life. The food was really outstanding as was the service which was always with a smile!
Our dance tuition was spot on with Dawn, Nigel, Carolyn and Malcolm and they could not have done more to make us feel welcome. They made every effort to address us as leaders and followers which we understood was a challenge after years (decades) of ladies and gents!
The holiday park also boasts so many other activities too though! Nice pool, sauna and steam room, table tennis, snooker, archery and cinema and more. There are also beautiful walks around the lake.
As a same sex group of dancers, this was a very inclusive and fun way to have a short holiday together, learn some new dances and have a really fun time.
I really hope Warners will repeat this every year and if they do I am sure we will be back and hopefully bring an even bigger group.

Great Feedback From Lakeside Warner Breaks

Gold Dance Break with hosts, Dance Afloat . Great four days learning new dances and practicing old routines . Teachers were patient and fun. Whole Warners experience was incredibly good value . Excellent menu choices on offer and we had some really tasty meals – something for everyone . A special mention to the staff who were OH SO helpful and friendly . Will be returning to Lakeside again if they put on another dance breaks

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Great Review from Lakeside Warner’s Breaks

This was a great experience. We were a lesbian group of dancers holidaying together. The entertainment team were very friendly and keen to make our holiday fun. Especially good were Jake (warm up dance instructor), and the young woman at the desk for the pool.

The dance instructors were brilliant, especially Nigel and Dawn who’s teaching was excellent. We loved learning all the sequence dancing and appreciated having lots of social dancing to practice at. We appreciated the effort the dance teachers made to use non-gendered language (leaders and followers – as they do on strictly now!). This was important to usfor obvious reasons.

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Great Review from Bembridge

It was really lovely to meet you and “the team” at Bembridge over the weekend and to enjoy your teaching, partnering and company. Thank you!
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> I had thought that the issues with my breathing and heart and then the effects of the pandemic had brought my dancing days to an end. I even threw all my past copies of the Dancing Times and Dance Today in the skip as I thought I would never refer to them ever again. But what a difference these few days have made! Whether it is the change in medication or losing weight or a combination of both I don’t know, but I haven’t been able to dance like that for 4 or maybe 5 years!
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> I can never thank you all enough for being part of that and enabling me to look towards a future where I may be able to dance regularly once more. I am now determined to dance as often as I am able (I am off to a Tea Dance this very afternoon 😀) and maybe even have private lessons once more to get back to where I was 5 years ago.

Once again, thank you all so much, and I hope to see you all again one day in the not too distant future.

With my gratitude and very best wishes,
Rosie