Nia: Letting Go and Moving the Body’s Way
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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Why You Shouldn’t “Challenge” Yourself In That Higher-Level Class
Knowing what level class to do, especially when not in your usual dance scene, is tricky. And when someone who’s danced with you in…
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What Happens To The Body When We Dance?
There’s a lot going on inside our bodies when we dance. The human body is an amazing machine. Like any machine, it needs fuel…
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How To Be One Of The Best Dances Of Your Partner’s Night
What does it take to be the best dance of your partner’s night? Incredible technique, advanced turn patterns, musicality? Years of lessons? Or simply…
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How To (Nicely) Watch Videos of Yourself Dancing
With the ubiquity of smartphones, people don’t think twice about whipping out their phone and grabbing a video at a class or a social….
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How to Balance Your Dance Life With the Rest of Your Life
In my early 20s I lived in San Francisco and worked in an office with a lot of other young, recent grads. It was…
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Review: Fernando Sosa World Mastery Program
If you’re involved in the Latin Dance community at all, you’ve probably seen ads on your Facebook or Instagram with big name dancers and…
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4 Things New Dancers Should Do When Attending Socials
I still remember the first time I went to a social dancing party. It was a Wednesday after one month of taking dance classes….
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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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