Best Practices for Organizers of Dance Events/Socials (Part 2)
This is the second part of an article begun in January. Read, reflect, then decide: is there something you or your organizers could be…
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How to Save Your Fellow Dancer from Almost Certain Tragedy
Or, if you prefer the non-clickbait title: Handling Food Allergies in the Social Dance Scene. It’s the holiday season! Lots of tasty treats appear…
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SDC Music #2 – Zozan
Time for some new music! Today we feature an artist from Charlotte, North Carolina named Zozan (pronounced Zo-Zon). He sent LDC a hot Kizomba track entitled,…
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Hey guys – Here’s How To Get Invited For A Dance!
In a lot of our social dance scenes, the expectation is that men should ask women to dance. Some have that more engrained than…
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How Sexy Can Look Stupid On The Social Dance Floor
Anyone who knows me could tell you that I’m no expert on “sexiness.” I prefer jeans and dance sneakers to fancy dresses and spike…
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Sexy Times at Dance Festivals: In Response to La Epoca’s “Are Dance Festivals Really Sex Festivals?”
I’ve been thinking about how to write this response for weeks. I knew I had to respond, but it hasn’t been easy sorting out…
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Review: DC Bachata Congress 2016
Last weekend I attended my third DC Bachata Congress, the 8th incarnation of the event organized by Lee Smith and Kat Aguilar. I attended…
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3 Charts Explain How Our Latin Dance Community is Changing
As a salsa dancer, this chart from Google Trends scares the shit out of me: Let me explain. Google Trends analyzes Google search…
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LDC Music #1 – MDK Collective
LDC’s first music feature is from a group based in the UK named MDK Collective. They sent LDC their new Kizomba track entitled, “Dreaming…
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Social Dance Life #1: Dear Kizomba Girl…
The following Social Dance Life story was sent to us from a dancer named “Ohio Salsa”. “Dear Kizomba girl from cruise… I was on the Latin…
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