Happy 2019!!
Hi Dancers, Wishing you all a very Happy New Year! And above all much enjoyment in your dancing this coming year. I wish you well in your showcases and competitions and an awareness in the moment in all that you … Continue reading →
Bette Chamberlin
Visit my table at the FADS Team Match on Saturday January 26th!
Hi Dancers, I’m so excited to send you news of my new presence at FADS NJ. In addition to dancing, I will have a table for my business Better Ballroom with Bette along with all the other vendors. On Saturday January … Continue reading →
What does your body appreciate? Here are 3 important things.
First off – it passionately appreciates food, drink, activity and all manner of feel good emotions and sensations. Right? But here are 3 more things that your body really appreciates: An appropriate level of tone to get the job done. … Continue reading →
Dance your body!
Workshops to Go Do you want to stand out in your competitions and showcases? Do you often wonder why something isn’t working and you don’t know what to do? Would you like to learn to give up unneeded tension … Continue reading →
Ballroom Inspiration from a marathon runner mega star
I love this guy! He is Eliud Kipchoge (El-ee-yood Kip-cho-gay). Eight straight marathons and Olympic gold are his. He won the Berlin marathon on Saturday in a world record time of 2 hours, 1 minute, 39 seconds. He is not far … Continue reading →
Ilya and I danced to Aretha Franklin’s “Respect”. Honoring her and what fun we had!
Strategizing change
When I was dancing professionally, I accepted change as a way of life. My career took me all over the country and the world – I changed cities, theaters, hotels, studios, planes, trains, buses and restaurants, often for 3 month … Continue reading →
My first AT teacher helped me to be comfortable with being clueless!
Yea, clueless was liberating. I was spending so much time trying to be right with my posture that I soon realized that my idea of right was all ‘wrong’. So what’s better than assuming that there is a right to … Continue reading →
How do you THINK about your “posture”?
When I was a young ballet dancer, people commented on how straight my posture was – no misappropriated curves in my spine (actually few curves altogether!), basically straight. I would hear “you have such good posture”. I thought I did … Continue reading →
Oops I did it again……!!
If you never have pain or soreness , don’t read on. But if you are like most of us humans — myself included, you will push yourself to a point that is too far beyond your challenge zone. I grew … Continue reading →