With their boundless energy and enthusiasm (egged on by a few notable supporters), this couple has built a thriving, lively and – crucially – extremely happy community from people with a thoroughly diverse range of backgrounds. It’s a community that has assembled one or two evenings a week, not just to dance, but – and I think this is true for all the community’s members – to receive a dose of Matt & Lotte’s magic brew of humour, motion and music. Why magic? Because the sum is greater than its parts. These simple ingredients, in lesser hands, would not be a recipe for a sense of elation that can last a week (not to mention a sense of, quite honestly, levitation, that can last at least a day).

How does the magic work? It works, as most magic does, by the silent action of an unmentioned thing. In conventional magic, this thing could be a hidden compartment, a card up the sleeve, or a gap in a steel hoop (hope I haven’t spoiled that trick for anybody!). In Matt and Lotte’s case, it’s a deep and abiding combination of optimism, love and insight. They exude a happiness that’s so welcoming it would be impossible (and, in my experience, is impossible) to leave a session with them feeling glum: they bring you into a glorious, shared emotion. This is a potent kind of communication.