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Rhythm: Our Birthright

about LaurieAnn , children dancing , dance videos , Lindy Hop , music for dance , rhythm , teaching dance

I’ve shown this video in a previous blog, but It so perfectly illustrates my point that just have to show it again: [embedplusvideo height=”388″ width=”640″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/Ibg9gM” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/to7uIG8KYhg?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=to7uIG8KYhg&width=640&height=388&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep5172″ /] Rhythm and Dance are our Birthright I believe that human beings are born with an innate sense of rhythm. I believe that as we […]

Dancing Piano Players

dance videos , inspirational dancing , music for dance , rhythm , sport dancing

Most musicians don’t dance. Have you noticed that? It’s so common that we really notice when they do. Maybe it’s because they’re always on stage when everyone else is dancing, but that doesn’t explain the ones who do. Cab Calloway not only danced while playing but also was a trend setter who’s style has […]

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

about LaurieAnn , competitive dance , dance videos , dancing with physical challenges , inspirational dancing , music for dance , performance dance , rhythm

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 […]

Is Rhythm Innate?

dance videos , dancing animals , rhythm

Dancing in infancy, these babies demonstrate human rhythm as nature intended. [embedplusvideo height=”388″ width=”640″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/Ibg9gM” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/to7uIG8KYhg?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=to7uIG8KYhg&width=640&height=388&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep5108″ /] I’ve blogged in the past about animals, like cockatoos, that have a real sense of rhythm, and inherent in that concept is the supposition that it is also […]

Can You Dance with White Man’s Clapping Syndrome?

music for dance , rhythm , teaching dance

This post is about rhythm and dance as innate natural abilities and how they get lost in “civilized” societies. Before I say anything else, I have to credit Jon Carroll for naming the syndrome in one of his columns. I love the name, even though I’ve met women as well as people of other races […]

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