How To Turn Dance Friends Into Real Friends
Dance friendships are a funny kind of relationship: we spend hours with people every single week but often barely know them. The endorphins rush;…
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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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Code of Conduct Questionnaire
I am enthusiastic about dance scenes creating their own codes of conduct, tailored to their dance style and community. This article will take you…
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Why You Should Take Up Dancing Again
Remember the thrill of a great night of dancing? The endorphins rush that would last for hours? How, on a stressful day, there was…
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Dancing With a Weird (But Fairly Mild) Injury
Last week, I sliced the tip of my left index finger off with a bread knife. Luckily, it wasn’t serious and didn’t require stitches…
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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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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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What You Give Is What You Get Back On The Dance Floor
I once fell during a solo competition in New York City. I didn’t hit the ground, but I fell hard enough that the entire…
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Social Dance Life #13 – Why Every Dancer Should Travel To Dance
Social dancing not only keeps us fit and gives us a reliable Friday night serotonin boost, but it also proves to be a traveller’s…
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