Mostly men in their 40s, decked out in the black leather, dark sunglasses and pompadours of American 1950s greasers, they blast Japanese rockabilly tunes from a boombox and dance coolly in pointy-toed shoes.

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It's been amazing not just to be in the shoes of Fred Astaire but to dance the original steps.

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Lin's awakening to dance came with the 1948 classic The Red Shoes - the tale of an aspiring dancer's struggle to join a famous ballet company.

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Yet I persist, as hooked on dance as the doomed heroine of my favorite movie, The Red Shoes.

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Haley Jackson, a 23-year-old dance instructor, managed to shake hands with the prince as she and some friends delivered clothes, shoes and toiletries to the leisure centre.

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