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Rachel Cassandra

Rachel Cassandra is the founder of KizombaCommunity.com and an enthusiast of numerous social dances. While kizomba took her around the world, with nearly four years of nonstop travel from the US to Europe to Australia and SE Asia, she has finally settled down to teach blues dancing in Stuttgart, Germany.

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Dancer Health & Safety, Etiquette, General Dance, OpinionsDecember 29, 2019

How to Enjoy Dancing More: Part 2, Communicate

By Rachel Cassandra

This is the follow-up to this post, so be sure to work through that first! You might also want to revisit these questions periodically….

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Dancer Health & Safety, Etiquette, General Dance, OpinionsNovember 27, 2019

How to Enjoy Dancing More: Part 1, Know Yourself

By Rachel Cassandra

What if I told you the secret to enjoying dancing more was inside you? Not in improving your technique or making the right friends…

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Blues, Dance 101, Dance StylesJuly 30, 2019

5 Lies You’ve Been Told About Blues

By Rachel Cassandra

What do you know about blues dancing – or what do you think you know? Long-time readers of Social Dance Community will recognize this…

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KizombaMarch 12, 2019

What Makes Kizomba Sexy?

By Rachel Cassandra

“Kizomba is too sexy” and “How can you dance kizomba with people you don’t know?” were pretty normal for me to hear when I…

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Etiquette, Leading & FollowingJanuary 24, 2019

Creativity And The Dance Role Paradigm

By Rachel Cassandra

Increasing numbers of social dancers are questioning the traditional ideas of dance roles. Yet we still don’t have a consensus about what they should…

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Learning to DanceNovember 15, 2018

Nia: Letting Go And Moving The Body’s Way

By Rachel Cassandra

I was sitting at a wide wooden table, enjoying the morning sunshine as I did some writing at a musician friend’s house in Albany,…

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Community, Leading & Following, ZoukOctober 18, 2018

Breaking Out Of Gendered Roles At NYC Zouk Festival

By Rachel Cassandra

It’s been 10 days since the last night of NYC Zouk Festival, but I’m still riding high. There was plenty to praise this event…

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Leading & Following, ZoukSeptember 21, 2018

Gendered Roles In Brazilian Zouk: An Interview With Bruno Galhardo

By Rachel Cassandra

Bruno Galhardo is an internationally renowned and beloved Brazilian zouk dance instructor and performer. When I went to my first real zouk event, the…

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CommunityAugust 24, 2018

Make Your Regular Social Awesome

By Rachel Cassandra

People come to social dances for all kinds of reasons, but there are some key points that help them stay. You don’t have to…

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Community, Interviews, ZoukAugust 1, 2018

Brazilian Zouk’s Development: an Interview with Larissa Thayane

By Rachel Cassandra

Brazilian Zouk is a social dance that is relatively young and has been developing very rapidly. I have only recently entered the scene and…

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