Cork-based dance teacher Andrea Williams: 'Irish girls are not taught to move their bodies from their hips, but it’s changing'

Cork-based dance teacher Andrea Williams is on a mission to get Irish women moving to multi-cultural rhythms, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

“THIS is going to be easy.” In front of the mirrored wall of her dance studio, Andrea Williams smiles reassuringly at her students and launches into a one-minute choreographed routine for her class to learn, ripping out a rapid-fire selection of pelvic thrusts and fluid shoulder moves, finishing with a little floor work.