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Can’t find the beat? I’ve written before about people who can’t find the beat to dance to, and I’ve given my best guesses as to the cause. But today I heard about a new study of a rare neurological disorder that actually causes White Man’s Clapping Syndrome. The disorder was discovered so recently that it’s […]
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A great dancer to watch I’ve written before on the topic of fat dancers, but I realized I left out a glaring omission, especially since I talked about partner dance but used video examples of performance dance. Anyone in the west coast swing community knows the glaring omission is John Lindo. One of the best Swing dancers ever […]
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I remember teaching a group of teenaged Lindy dancers who were sent to me from another dance teacher. They were advanced dancers who had outgrown their first teacher. When I asked for a follower with whom to demonstrate a new move, one of the boys volunteered. They had all learned to dance both parts and […]
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Can Dancing Bridge a Gap Between Police and the Inner City? I live in Oakland where there are neighborhoods the police won’t even go to. To say the least, there is a huge cultural gap between the inner city and the police. Mistrust flies rampant in both directions. Dancing Pigs The police are called pigs […]
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Dance Inovatin from Israel The second innovative dance contest idea comes from Israel where there is a solo Lindy competition. Yes, Lindy is a partner dance, but there are many jazz steps incorporated into the dance, which allow both partners to be creative while still dancing in partnership. Jazz Dance Routines It’s also common […]
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I’ve never been much of a fan of competitive dance, but even I was intrigued by two categories I recently heard about in the Lindy Hop competition scene. Jill and Jack Dance Contest The first is a Jill and Jack, in which, like a Jack and Jill, partners are selected at random. The twist is […]
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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 […]
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The Bee gees “Stayin Alive” is a great dance tune, but did you know it’s also the perfect beat for CPR compressions? The Chattanooga fire department produced this wonderfully entertaining video to illustrate the crucial points of emergency CPR with the clever use of music and dance. Dance and public awareness I love it when dance […]
Continue readingI might love the island if I’d ever been there, but this article is about the dance! In a recent blog post about different swing styles, I got some feedback that made me realize I’d inadvertently given the impression that pure Bal was boring so you have to mix it up with Lindy. The writer […]
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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 […]
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A creative dance idea There are so many creative ways to make dance even more fun. One of my favorites is the hoola hoop fad. Like many kids, I played with one in my youth but I don’t remember doing it to music. Hard to believe we didn’t because it’s such a natural fit. A […]
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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=¬es=” 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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