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This is a continuation of last week’s post, so if you missed it, read it here first. Another reason some of my students fit my target market is an unusual learning style. One of my specialties is finding out how people learn so that I can teach to their particular learning style. Most people are […]
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I’m not going to talk about specific students in this post, but rather the kind of people I most like to work with, and why. In other words, as marketing people like to say, my target market. I like to work with people who think they can’t learn to dance. This isn’t everyone, of course. […]
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Swing dancer consults Abby “I’m a very good swing dancer,” wrote a woman to Dear Abby, “and my boyfriend doesn’t dance.” She goes on to say that while her boyfriend is willing to learn, she doesn’t want to stop dancing with partners at her skill level while waiting for him to catch up. He doesn’t want […]
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Today is Thanksgiving and I like to honor the tradition of gratitude at least as much as that of family, good friends, and way too much food. Not many people are lucky enough to get to do what they love, about which they are passionate and at which they excel. I’m grateful every […]
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I didn’t get Fridays dance blog written because I spent all weekend at a very inspiring conference for Airbnb hosts, of which I am one. For those of you unfamiliar with the phenomenon, Airbnb is a company that matches travelers with people who rent out places to stay. Dance Lessons for Internationals Tourists Hobnobbing […]
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If you know how you learn, you’ll know what kind of dance teacher can teach you. Some teachers do know about learning styles, but most teach the way they learn, so the easiest way to pick a teacher is to observe until you find one who teaches the way you learn. If you know your […]
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My last two posts were about two amazing dance teachers who are influencing me now. More than one person has asked me, since I’ve been teaching for more than three decades, am I still taking lessons. There are so many aspects to that question that I thought I’d address some of them here. Dance […]
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Dance teachers in my present I wrote a post a while ago about dance teachers in my past who influenced me. I’d like to write now about teachers who are influencing me now. Yes, dance teachers do still study. It never ends! Brazilian Samba I am lucky enough to be able to study Brazilian […]
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Some wise teacher once said the definition of freedom is not needing to know what comes next. I can’t remember the originator of the quote but no doubt one of my readers will recognize it and come to my rescue. When I saw the quote I thought, that’s a perfect definition of following. Both the […]
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An easy way to improve your lead The other day a young man asked me to dance. I could tell immediately that he was either a beginner or had never learned to lead because he was a yanker. I have an old shoulder injury that I need to protect, so I told him to […]
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On my way to a dance last week in bumper to bumper traffic, I stopped to let a car change lanes in front of me. It was stuck in a left turn lane and evidently had been having considerable trouble getting anyone to let it in. As the car moved into my lane, a flurry […]
Continue readingMy father died this week at 91 so naturally my thoughts are with my parents. My mother died several years ago, and he’s the last of that generation in my family. Neither of my parents were dancers, so I didn’t get it from them, but my father’s brother and my mother’s sister were. And my […]
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