Monthly Archives: February 2015

Another Dance Controversy: Hip Hop Crews on Trains

about LaurieAnn , dance videos , dancing in the streets , Hip Hop , inspirational dancing , Outdoor Dancing , performance dance

  The other day on BART, three young hip hop dancers looking like street thugs started dancing and passing a hat.  They weren’t great, but they weren’t bad either.  And they were doing something joyful that took skill and not a little hard work and practice, for the pleasure of onlookers.  For money, yes, but […]

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Behind the Urge to Teach Others to Dance

about LaurieAnn , dancing for joy , Learning dance , rhythm , teaching dance

  I recently saw a video that gave me another insight into why I so love teaching dance.  It was a science experiment in which altruism was proven to be a natural instinct not only in humans but also in chimpanzees.  You can check it out here: [embedplusvideo height=”390″ width=”640″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1831wKw” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/aS-QLB8ELyk?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=aS-QLB8ELyk&width=640&height=390&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep7421″ /] […]

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