When You Need A Break From Dancing
I have a confession to make: sometimes, dancing feels like a chore. Sometimes, I feel guilty for not doing it. It’s easy to feel…
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Things Your Dance Instructor Wished You Knew
Dance instructors can spend up to 10 hours a day in the studio. They see and notice a lot of things that we don’t,…
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5 Tips To Remember Dance Patterns And Moves From Class
How can I remember moves that I learned in dance class? In our second episode of the new podcast “On the Dance Floor”, Brian…
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7 Tips On How To Get More Social Dances
Introducing On The Dance Floor, the new podcast for social dancers by social dancers. SDC contributor Roberto R. talks to Brian B. from West…
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What I Learned From Going Pro
I was twenty when I stood in a salsa club in a small town in Guatemala and watched in awe as the dancers spun…
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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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