Hey Dancers, Wishing you all a very Happy New Year with many exciting ballroom dancing moments in the coming year. Here’s Ivan and I blending my ballet experience (considerably more than Ivan’s!) and his Latin experience (well, definitely more … Continue reading →
Hey Dancers, Watch this short video to learn how to improve your posture via animal instinct! Click here … Continue reading →
Rabbit Hole: the definition from ‘the free dictionary.’ To enter into a situation or begin a process or journey that is particularly strange, problematic, difficult, complex, or chaotic, especially one that becomes increasingly so as it develops or unfolds I’m … Continue reading →
At an age much greater than that lived by most college students, I went back to school to finish my undergraduate degree. I can’t say it was a bucket list item to check off, more, it was a glaring unfinished … Continue reading →
When I work with dancers, many respond to my question, “what is your biggest challenge?” with “how can I improve turning on my own?” In ballet technique, singular turning is an essential ingredient, a challenging flourish that adds energy and … Continue reading →
Getting ready for a competition is like listening to Ravel’s Bolero -it starts out quietly builds up in volume adding instruments along the way, repeats …building a driving theme and finally ends in a crescendo that reverberates as much in its … Continue reading →
The New York Times did not report the Las Vegas shooting in the Monday morning edition – it happened late Sunday night on East Coast time. My dentist told me Monday morning shaking his head in disbelief. I was shocked … Continue reading →
I’m wondering, “how do we plan?” We plan our schedules, what competition or showcase to do, what costume to buy/rent, what food to buy, what car to buy, who to marry (one of the more involved ones I dare say!) … Continue reading →
I remember when I was a 10 year old ballet student being carted around by my teacher and mother to various dance conventions sometimes meeting important other teachers and choreographers . They were trying to assess or confirm my talent via other … Continue reading →
If we take beauty as a constant, describing everything from flowers to trees to faces to dancing, we may wonder if beauty is really a distilling down, a reduction of add-ons, encumbrances and wasted effort. Trees, plants and flowers all … Continue reading →
