Monthly Archives: June 2013

Alcohol and Your First Dance

wedding dance

    My students rarely ask if they should wait until after their dance to start drinking at their wedding, but they should. Everyone reacts differently to alcohol but hardly anyone is a good judge of their own character when they are drinking. Whether they ask or not, I always give this advice. It’s for […]

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Dancing With My Inner Child

dance videos

[embedplusvideo height=”388″ width=”640″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/pfxB5ut-KTs?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=pfxB5ut-KTs&width=640&height=388&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep1803″ /] More dancing babies! I couldn’t resist. I do promise this is the last Evian ad blog (unless they come up with somethingelse equally worthy), but surely this is one of the most delightful use of dancing in an ad to date!   Following up on the Roller Baby […]

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Dancing Sells Water!

dance videos , inspirational dancing

  Dancing is truly the embodiment of joy and I love it when a company uses this concept to promote a healthy product. OK, I know there is controversy about bottled water and I agree it’s not the best thing for the environment, but when you get to the dance and realize you forgot your water bottle, […]

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Young People Social Dancing

Connecting Socially

    As a teacher of social dance, it’s very exciting for me to see young people getting into the dance scene.  Stanford University is one of the best promoters of social dance in college aged people.  Stanford’s dance program is so popular that classes fill within minutes of opening registration. Dance historian Richard Powers […]

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