Are you Trying Too Hard?
Ballroom dancing is an athletic endeavor, like ballet and so many other dance forms. Many of us are competing and looking to inch up a notch in our final standing. While pros may have more of a stake in … Continue reading →
#3 – “10 Steps to Competition Greatness” 2 Important Joints: Really, where are they?
Here is an expanded discussion of Step #3 in “10 Steps to Competition Greatness”. Map the top of your spine behind your eyes and between your ears. Remind yourself that your hip joints are at the bottom of your pelvis. … Continue reading →
#2 – “10 Steps to Competition Greatness” – Grounding
For the next 10 weeks, I’ll be talking about each of the “10 Steps to Competition Greatness”. Here is the second one: At the same time, you are grounded, the floor is there for you, let it support you. This … Continue reading →
#1 “10 Steps to Competition Greatness” Sharpen your Senses
For the next 10 weeks, I’ll be talking about each of the “10 Steps to Competition Greatness” in greater detail. Here is the first one: Take a few moments in the ballroom and expand your attention to the entire space. … Continue reading →
Learn to pick up your newspaper in the morning; improve your ballroom dancing!
I know that sounds silly, but really, is it? In order to pick up your paper, whether you have it at your front door or at the end of your walkway outside your home, you will bend some joints. The … Continue reading →
New Year’s Resolutions – Here’s What I’m Thinking
2017 is a new year. January is on the calendar and it always seems to ask the question “how do I want to improve myself this year, how can I make life better for myself and my loved ones. A … Continue reading →
The Three Truths of our Design
We are designed as a uniquely coordinated, organized structure. We acquire interferences with our design through habits. We can become aware of these interferences and learn to think ourselves back to our inherent design. The question is what … Continue reading →
Buddha says “Wake Up!”
Really? When I first began ballroom training, I was obsessed with remembering steps, the shape of those steps and anticipating the intention of my teacher. He most definitely lead and I was to follow. It was all about sensing the lead and … Continue reading →
Sorting out Good Ballroom Posture…..
When I was a professional ballet dancer with American Ballet Theater, people would come up to me and ask “are you a dancer? and then immediately “you have such good posture.” I would reply “yes”, and “thank you”.
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