Category Archives for "dancing with physical challenges"

Dancing for Seniors

Connecting Socially , dance videos , dancing for joy , dancing in the golden years , dancing with physical challenges , inspirational dancing , Learning dance , social dancing

Let’s Dance A short article in United Health Care’s Magazine Renew entitled “Let’s Dance” reminded me to take up this subject again.  There has been much research on the subject of the best exercise for aging bodies, and dance keeps coming up number one.   Dance if it brings you joy Of course, I still […]

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Down Syndrome Dancers Show Us How to Have Fun

children dancing , dance videos , dancing in the streets , dancing with physical challenges , inspirational dancing , Outdoor Dancing

To Dance With Abandon! On the heels of my Dance Walking posts, I couldn’t resist commenting on this wonderful video. People with Down Syndrome can teach us a lot about dancing with abandon. Dance: The Embodiment of Joy I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: dance is the embodiment of joy. If I […]

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Dancing When You’re Really Blind

dancing with physical challenges , inspirational dancing , leading and following , performance dance , social dancing

  Last week I wrote a post about dancing blind, but it really was about dancing temporarily blind.  This one is about dancers who are always blind. I’ve written in the past about deaf dancers, dancers in wheel chairs, and dancers with other physical limitations.  I’ve never written about blind dancers but they’re out there! […]

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Dancing blind

about LaurieAnn , dance videos , dancing with physical challenges , inspirational dancing , leading and following , performance dance , social dancing , teaching dance , west coast swing

When my dance students are learning the skill of following, I often suggest they close their eyes.  Closing your eyes takes away a lot of the urge to back lead, and it brings forward the senses you use to feel the lead. Even when social dancing, I often close my eyes because it’s relaxing and […]

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Deaf Dancers: Can You Dance if You Can’t Hear the Music?

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Before I was a dance teacher, I taufht self-defense to people with physical disabilities.   I was inspired to study American Sign Language when I had a deaf student in one of my classes and a deaf friend in my Jujitsu dojo.  I hung out with the deaf community (who thought I had recently lost […]

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