Inversion II

[navi tasan]

Are these sentences correct:
1-Beside me danced a tall, blond middle-aged woman.
2-Beside me was dancing a tall, blond middle-aged woman.

[Red5]

IMO, I think both work, but the first is better than the second.

I'd be tempted to put another comma between "blond" and "middle-aged".

[Tdol]

The past progressive would sound better without the inversion IMO, although it is OK>