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In Honor of Frankie Manning

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This is the week Frankie Manning would have turned 101 had he lived and I always like to leave a tribute for him every year.  I was privileged to have been friends with this wonderfully positive and highly charismatic man for the last fifteen years of his life.   Frankie was one of the people […]

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Dancing for Seniors

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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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Why Do Dance Teachers Take Dance Lessons?

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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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Inspirational Jean Veloz dances like a teenager at 87

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Back to my theme of older dancers who inspire us with their perpetual youth (I know they’re not the norm, but they sure are fun to read about!) I have to talk about one of my personal favorites, Jean Veloz.  Jean was a popular example of the smooth lindy style popularized by dancers like Dean […]

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Dancing With My Inner Child

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[embedplusvideo height=”388″ width=”640″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/pfxB5ut-KTs?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=pfxB5ut-KTs&width=640&height=388&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep1803″ /] More dancing babies! I couldn’t resist. I do promise this is the last Evian ad blog (unless they come up with somethingelse equally worthy), but surely this is one of the most delightful use of dancing in an ad to date!   Following up on the Roller Baby […]

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