How To Pick The Right Dance Team
Thinking about joining a performance dance team? When choosing a dance team, it’s important to find one that fits our goals and expectations. So…
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What To Do When You Don’t Feel Like Practicing
I love to dance, but I don’t always love practicing. Practicing is hard. It requires resilience and tenacity. You must be willing to try…
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Get Down With Choreography
A student asks, “I love dancing but can’t seem to get the choreography down. What should I do?” Last year my partner Liz and I…
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How to Dance With Confidence When You’re Still Learning
Dancing with confidence comes from truly loving what you’re doing in that moment. If you genuinely love what you’re doing, everyone else around you…
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What Should You Practice In Your Dancing?
As a Ballroom and Latin dance instructor I’m always surprised to hear my students’ response to “did you practice last week?”. Too often they…
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A brief history of West Coast Swing – Part 2 of 3
What do West Coast Swing and Zouk have in common? More than one would think, apparently… In part two of this mini documentary,…
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Five Choreographic Tips To Mix Up Your Social Dancing
People often gravitate toward social dance because it doesn’t rely on set choreography and has a more spontaneous and improvisational nature. However, that doesn’t…
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Advice for Dancing in Heels
Learning to dance in heels was one of the most frustrating parts of my early salsa journey. The first pair of salsa shoes I…
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Why Are We Uncomfortable with Safety?
The idea of making dance scenes “safer” isn’t new, but it’s also one that creates a lot of discomfort. Why is that? What can…
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A Dance Event Organiser’s Guide to Sexual Harassment & Assault
What would you do if someone was raped, otherwise assaulted, or harassed at your event? What would you do if there was no evidence…
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