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Do Justice to the Culture Whose Dance You Are Borrowing Part II

inspirational dancing , Learning dance , music for dance , performance dance , rhythm , teaching dance

Last week I wrote about my Samba teacher Jacqui Barnes. Today I’ll introduce you to my latin rhythms teacher, Yismari Ramos. Like Jacqui, Yismari is passionate about the music of her culture (Cuban) and the the way the dance feels. Her classes consist of complicated choreography that incompasses the various rhythms of Cuban dance. […]

Do Justice to the Culture Whose Dance You Are Borrowing

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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 […]

Acknowledging Your Dance Partner

about LaurieAnn , Connecting Socially , dancing for joy , inspirational dancing , performance dance , social dancing

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 […]

Fusion in Performance Dance

Classical Dance , Dance History , dance videos , fusion , Hip Hop , inspirational dancing , Lindy Hop , performance dance

I’ve written before about partner dancers combining styles, but performance dancers do it too. Some years ago I spent 8 Julys in Sweden studying the European partner jazz dance Boogie Woogie My favorite teacher, Christer Isberg, was the best all around dancer I’d ever seen. It seemed he could do anything. His background included classical […]

When Is A Dance Too Acrobatic?

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Controversial dance This surprising controversy in the dance community popped up when this video started going viral: [embedplusvideo height=”390″ width=”640″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1oaNfNp” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/XAh9zYWfJiY?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=XAh9zYWfJiY&width=640&height=390&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep7038″ /] But is it really dance? Some people commented that is isn’t really dance because it’s really just a bunch of aerials and really qualifies as acrobatics rather than dance. If […]

More Thought on Fat Dancers

competitive dance , Connecting Socially , dance videos , inspirational dancing , leading and following , social dancing , west coast swing

A great dancer to watch I’ve written before on the topic of fat dancers, but I realized I left out a glaring omission, especially since I talked about partner dance but used video examples of performance dance. Anyone in the west coast swing community knows the glaring omission is John Lindo. One of the best Swing dancers ever […]

More Thoughts on How Dance Makes a Better World

competitive dance , dance videos , dancing in the streets , Hip Hop , inspirational dancing

Can Dancing Bridge a Gap Between Police and the Inner City? I live in Oakland where there are neighborhoods the police won’t even go to. To say the least, there is a huge cultural gap between the inner city and the police. Mistrust flies rampant in both directions. Dancing Pigs The police are called pigs […]

New Ideas in Competitive Dance: Part II

competitive dance , Dance History , dance videos , inspirational dancing , Lindy Hop

Dance Inovatin from Israel The second innovative dance contest idea comes from Israel where there is a solo Lindy competition. Yes, Lindy is a partner dance, but there are many jazz steps incorporated into the dance, which allow both partners to be creative while still dancing in partnership. Jazz Dance Routines It’s also common […]

Go Viral Learning to Dance in a Year!

dance videos , dancing in the streets , inspirational dancing , Learning dance , performance dance

There is a great video going around about a young woman who learned to dance (really well) in just a year. There is also a website encouraging people to accomplish any dream by focusing on it for 100 days. If you go there, you’ll see lots of people taking a video of their progress on […]

Using Music and Dance to Save Lives

dance videos , inspirational dancing , music for dance , performance dance

The Bee gees “Stayin Alive” is a great dance tune, but did you know it’s also the perfect beat for CPR compressions? The Chattanooga fire department produced this wonderfully entertaining video to illustrate the crucial points of emergency CPR with the clever use of music and dance. Dance and public awareness I love it when dance […]

Dancing with Strangers: a Way to Intimacy

about LaurieAnn , Connecting Socially , inspirational dancing , leading and following , social dancing , teaching dance

Intimacy without dance I was at a conference a few weeks ago run by Bill Baron in which I participated in a very interesting process. We split into groups of 5. We each commented on whatever our intuitive hits were about each other. We learned a lot by what we heard each other say as […]

Hoola Hoop Dancing: It’s Not Just for Kids Anymore!

dance videos , inspirational dancing , Outdoor Dancing , sport dancing

A creative dance idea There are so many creative ways to make dance even more fun. One of my favorites is the hoola hoop fad. Like many kids, I played with one in my youth but I don’t remember doing it to music. Hard to believe we didn’t because it’s such a natural fit. A […]

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