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Dancing Ambassadors

about LaurieAnn , Connecting Socially , inspirational dancing , Learning dance , Lindy Hop , Outdoor Dancing , social dancing , teaching dance

I didn’t get Fridays dance blog written because I spent all weekend at a very inspiring conference for Airbnb hosts, of which I am one. For those of you unfamiliar with the phenomenon, Airbnb is a company that matches travelers with people who rent out places to stay. Dance Lessons for Internationals Tourists Hobnobbing […]

Dancing In Inappropriate Places

Connecting Socially , dance videos , dancing for joy , dancing in the streets , Hip Hop , inspirational dancing , Outdoor Dancing , performance dance

Dancing makes people smile. My vision statement has to do with a world in which people break into spontaneous dance in unexpected places and occasionally I like to blog about occasions where that happens already. Great examples of inappropriate dance Nothing makes me happier than seeing evidence of people dancing with abandon in “inappropriate” places. […]

Why Do Dance Teachers Take Dance Lessons?

about LaurieAnn , Brazilian Samba , dancing for joy , inspirational dancing , Learning dance , performance dance , rhythm , teaching dance

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 […]

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

about LaurieAnn , Brazilian Samba , dancing for joy , dancing in the streets , inspirational dancing , Learning dance , Miscellaneous , music for dance , performance dance , rhythm , teaching dance

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 […]

A Spiritual Definition of Following in Dance

about LaurieAnn , Connecting Socially , dancing for joy , leading and following , Learning dance , social dancing

Some wise teacher once said the definition of freedom is not needing to know what comes next. I can’t remember the originator of the quote but no doubt one of my readers will recognize it and come to my rescue. When I saw the quote I thought, that’s a perfect definition of following. Both the […]

Why Do Dancers Like Flash Mobs So Much?

Connecting Socially , dance videos , dancing for joy , dancing in the streets , flash mob , lindy bomb , Lindy Hop , Outdoor Dancing , performance dance , social dancing

In this charming video a group of swing dancers gather around a street orchestra to perform a charleston routine. It’s a simple routine that repeats, they do it well, and they are enjoying themselves immensely. It’s a great choice for a flash mob because for swing dancers it wouldn’t take long to learn. They know […]

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 […]

Give People a Reason to Dance

Connecting Socially , dancing for joy

This favorite media personality of mine uses the term “give the world a reason to dance” as a metaphor for expressing joy and having fun. Not only does he equate dance with joy, in and of itself a reason for me to like him, but he also shows us how to change the world so […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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