Category the body
7 things to know about dancers!
and from the ‘community’ blog titles ‘sparknotes’… 7 Things Everyone Should Know About Dancers JustToBeQuiet wants you to know that even if she can’t beat you in push-up contest, she can sure as heck take you in crunches.—Sparkitors 1. We have no arm strength. Yep, that’s right. Except for hip-hoppers, krumpers, break dancers, and the like, […]
From dancing like a pole to a Latina
Originally posted on keshafay:
I’ve done dancing on and off since I was a kid, yet when my friend and I travelled in South America the locals told us we danced liked poles. And they didn’t mean in a sexy pole dancing way, but in a rigid inanimate object kinda way. Years of jazz and…
what veronica says about tango!
https://www.facebook.com/notes/veronica-toumanova/why-your-tango-teacher-desperately-wants-you-to-dance-but-keeps-teaching-you-ste/10151698802387499 https://www.facebook.com/notes/veronica-toumanova/why-the-most-important-thing-in-tango-is-not-a-tango-thing/10151741548357499 Related articles A Simple Learning Strategy: How I’ve learnt Tango (keepmyword.net) Third Tango Lesson (passion4tango.wordpress.com)
Does Strength Training Make You a Better Dancer?
Originally posted on Dance Orlando:
Strength training is misunderstood and often under-utilized, especially among women. It offers so many benefits that everyone – and especially dancers – should make it a regular part of life. Let me be really clear here: you are not going to start lifting weights and accidentally wake up with a…
Breathe!
I have always had issues with the breathing part of any yoga, dance, or exercise class I ever took. I hate loud breathers in general (in life, in the real world, I mean) and I often ask people around me whom I ‘hear’ breathing (because it drives me to TOTAL distraction) if it is necessary […]
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