Dr Lovatt understands only too well the hang-ups so many of us have, especially men. Despite training in dance and musical theatre as a student and still taking up to eight classes a week, the 49-year-old academic admits he sometimes lacks confidence in his moves. “I still have those feelings that I’m too old for this, that I’m in the wrong shape, that I don’t have the right agility level. So I do understand where other men who are not trained dancers come from. It can be a very intimidating thing.”