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Learning to Dance on Youtube

connection in dance , dance videos , dancing for joy , leading and following , Learning dance , social dancing , teaching dance

My friend Stu Sweetow, videographer extraordinaire, sent me the picture at the right with the excellent phrase, “Real men take dance lessons, because you can’t learn connection on youtube!”  This inspired me to once again take up my blog, which my many fans have no doubt noticed I have let slip for several months due […]

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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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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 […]

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