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Now that you’ve read about Jean Veloz and other inspirational dancers who are still dancing in the final years of their lives, I’d like to take a look at how most dancers deal with the aging process. I addressed this earlier in Nov 12 post about the great tap dancer Fayard Nicolas When Aging […]
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Pole dancing is a popular phenomenon on the exercise dance scene. You can take classes at any fitness level in studios like the one in the photo in the bay area where I live. Formerly a style of dance relegated to sleazy strip joints, it has become a popular fitness dance fad. Aimed […]
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As many of you know, I have had the pleasure of teaching people with various disabilities to dance, having come to dance from a martial arts background where I taught self defense to people with disabilities. I’ve never taught dance to anyone in a wheelchair, but it’s a fascinating challenge. Just like anyone else, a […]
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Studies have shown (I love that phrase) that dancing is one of the best things you can do to exercise the brain and seniors especially are encouraged to take up dancing to keep those gray cells active and challenged. Somehow I don’t think it does much for those of us who have been doing it […]
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After you watch these guys competing against the world’s best break dancers, you may never again be able to say there is anything you “can’t” do. They are not just proving that people with disabilities can dance. They are proving they can dance as well, or better than, the best able bodied dancers in the […]
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This may be my all-time favorite dance performance in this genre. Aside from the grace and skill in this moving performance, I love the level of teamwork and the fact that they chose to work together. It’s much easier to partner with an able bodied dancer yet she not only chose him, she taught […]
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