social dancing , teaching dance
Why do you want to take dance lessons? This is one of the most important questions to ask yourself before you start. I know people who just walked into a studio and signed up for the first class they saw and wound up feeling so discouraged that they never danced again. They didn’t know that […]
Continue readingSept 26 marked the birthday of Weiferd Watts, one of the best known photographers of dancers. Watts’ style was unmistakable because he posed the dancers in ways that both captured who they were and created an artistic composition as well. Dancing is an art, and photographing art is also art. In honor of his […]
Continue readingHere is a guest post from Pamela Hudson in Runcon. Next time you’re in England, check out her school if you have kids! Are you desirous of reaching out to after school activities for your kid? Consider their enrollment for dance classes. Along with making new friends, increasing co-ordination levels and socializing, your child will also […]
Continue readingI get asked this question by at least 70% of the people who ask me about dance lessons. The truth is it’s impossible to answer because everyone learns at a different rate. It might take one person an hour to learn what another could take a month to finally understand. It also depends A LOT […]
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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 […]
Continue readingOK, I know not everyone is fascinated by brain science like I am, but are you just a little bit curious about what happens to your brain when you dance? If so, take a peek at this enlightening little video. [embedplusvideo height=”507″ width=”640″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/14kVUHT” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/liCDpfufPp0?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=liCDpfufPp0&width=640&height=507&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep8958″ /] By LaurieAnn Lepoff Like this post? Use […]
Continue readingConnecting Socially , social dancing
In the Bay Area, where I am located, there is a rich partner dance scene with many choices. This isn’t true everywhere, so the first step, of course, is to see what’s happening in your area. You want to look beyond what is offered in classes and look for the social scene. If you can […]
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There are many strategies a shy person can use to help start a conversation. On my way home from the farmers market with my new pitcher plant in tow, no less than 5 people stopped to comment on it. One possibility is definitely walking around with a strange plant. My friend Juan is a snake […]
Continue readingConnecting Socially , Dance History , dance videos , leading and following , music for dance , teaching dance
Blues dancing has been around for decades in one form or another. It’s one of my favorite dances because it is so open to interpretation that it can look drastically different from one dancer to another. As long as the character of the dance remains intimate and, well, bluesy, you can trade on pretty much […]
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My dance studio is in Oakland and I live in Oakland. Our city gets a lot of bad press but we Oaklanders love our city. Yes, we have crime, on the streets and in our government, but we also have great food, great dancing, outstanding architecture, the Art Murmur, cultural diversity, and amazing kids. The […]
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I met my dancing cow in a session with the fabulous hypnotherapist Christine Bartlett. I had just entered an airplane, stowed my luggage, and sat down. Sitting next to me was a six foot tall black and white Guernsey cow reading a newspaper. One of my father’s favorite movies being “Harvey” with Jimmy […]
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Warning: another animal dance video. If you don’t like to see people dancing with animals, skip this one. This video did go viral, so you may have seen it already. Some animals really do have a sense of rhythm and actually choose to dance when motivated by music, just like humans. See https://www.stepsontoes.com/2013/04/319/. Sometimes the […]
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