Organizing Outdoor Dances
Thinking about taking your dance scene into the open air? I highly recommend it! Let me take you through some of the benefits of…
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Do LGBT+ Dancers Feel Welcome in Your Dance Scene?
In a British seaside town, a flamboyant, camp dancer from out of town turns up. When I finish my whirling, laughter-filled salsa with him,…
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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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Implementing Your Code of Conduct
However important writing up a code of conduct is, it’s even more important that your community buys into it and that you have protocols…
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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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