A dancer blog post has been making the rounds lately and has excellent advice. Here are just a sampling of the gems: 7. Strive to constantly make new discoveries about dancing (rather than waiting to be spoon fed the answers). … Read More
Welcome back! Glad to see you again. I want to talk about a common thought in all student’s minds – “These moves don’t look the same on me as they do on _________. I will never be able to dance … Read More
Released I release you from perfection. I give you permission to screw up. A lot. I invite you take risks that don’t always pan out. I encourage you to laugh at your mistakes, but take them seriously enough to correct … Read More
If you have been reading my blog for even a short time, you have likely come across the popular “Four Steps to Becoming a Great Dancer” article I posted in late 2011. That article stands as the first and most … Read More
One of my lovely longtime dance sisters and students, Kathy, sent me this in an e-mail recently, rightfully guessing I would enjoy its contents. In the bellydance world, being still truly a non-mainstream art (BDSS does not automatically bring all … Read More
This may seem obvious to many, but sometimes I think it bears revisiting this important fact: becoming an intermediate or advanced dancer is so much more than the number of moves you know. Unfortunately, many teachers “sell” it this way, … Read More
Two months ago, I posted a TEDTalk which featured Benjamin Zander talking about getting modern audiences to love classical music. I didn’t tie it into anything dancey, I just really was moved by the video and wanted to share. Today … Read More
More blasts from the past today! After I found that old class outline, I also found a repository of some of my old articles from various publications. Below is an article I wrote for the now-defunct Caravan Trails quarterly newsletter … Read More
A favorite comment from a Bhuz discussion a couple years back. It’s a great reminder that the way forward is not always straight ahead… “Growth is Spirallic, Not Linear” The most common pattern found in nature and all phenomena is … Read More