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How fun to see my StepsOnToes dancing vision statement in action again. When you start looking for things, they sometimes start happening. I have a rare blood type so I’m constantly being called upon to give it up every other month or so, which I’m happy to do. Today the sound system was tuned […]
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If you’ve been to my home page, you know that I have a dance vision of the future that has people dancing spontaneously in public places. Every once in awhile I see people embodying this idea in their own unique and creative way. Few people have more fun with the concept than the wonderful […]
Continue readingAfter writing a blog about not using air steps before you are proficient in dance, I was reminded of an exception to that rule when I came across a video of a first dance by a couple who had the good fortune to learn their first dance from my ever delightful and talented colleague Meeshi […]
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Whenever I get a new dance student, they often say “Swing, that’s the dance where they swing you up in the air, right?” The reason people equate air steps with swing dancing is because that’s what they see in the movies. Air steps are fun to watch, so any movie with swing dance scenes will […]
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I teach a lot of freestyle dance because it’s the one kind of dancing you need as a basic social skill. It will never go out of fashion because it requires no skill except the very rare and useful attribute of not caring what other people think of the way you dance. The people who […]
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Studies have shown (I love that phrase) that dancing is one of the best things you can do to exercise the brain and seniors especially are encouraged to take up dancing to keep those gray cells active and challenged. Somehow I don’t think it does much for those of us who have been doing it […]
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You’ve seen me write about rhythm in nature and dancing animals, but what about inanimate objects? Anyone who has seen the dancing water in Las Vegas knows that humans are more than capable of using technology to make anything dance. If cartoon characters can dance, why not light or water? This video is about a […]
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Tao Porchon-Lynch is a 94 year old yoga teacher who started dancing in her eighties. A perfect example of “It’s never too late to start”, Tao hit the ground running when she decided to take on ballroom dance. It wasn’t long before she began winning competitions. Unlike a lot of my favorite examples […]
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After you watch these guys competing against the world’s best break dancers, you may never again be able to say there is anything you “can’t” do. They are not just proving that people with disabilities can dance. They are proving they can dance as well, or better than, the best able bodied dancers in the […]
Continue reading[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=¬es=” 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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Dancing is truly the embodiment of joy and I love it when a company uses this concept to promote a healthy product. OK, I know there is controversy about bottled water and I agree it’s not the best thing for the environment, but when you get to the dance and realize you forgot your water bottle, […]
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This may be my all-time favorite dance performance in this genre. Aside from the grace and skill in this moving performance, I love the level of teamwork and the fact that they chose to work together. It’s much easier to partner with an able bodied dancer yet she not only chose him, she taught […]
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