Monthly Archives: November 2011
Of Shovels and Dance
Teaching dance is like moving a mountain by hand. You must be content with doing it one shovel-full at a time. Continue reading
Five Ways to Make Choreography Work
Five guidelines for creating engaging Choreography based on an evening at the San Francisco Hip Hop Dance Festival. Continue reading
An Uncomfortable Week in Dance
An brief foray into my own lack of comfort with different styles of teaching Blues dance. Continue reading
Quit Doing What Works
An inventory of what’s working in my work in my local dance community and a 5-step plan to improve. Continue reading
How Dance Events Can Make You Fat
An examination of how eating & sleeping habits at dance events can lead to weight gain. Continue reading
Getting Comfortable with Discomfort
An examination of how being uncomfortable is essential to the learning process, both on and off the dance floor. Continue reading
Baggage
An embarrassing confessional of how much baggage I have and inspiration to detach from things. Continue reading
Learning from Others’ Stories
How our natural impulse to find meaning in everything is detrimental and how we can use others’ stories as a tool for learning. Continue reading
The Child In Me
Tonight I spent some time uploading videos from my ipad to youtube so I’d have access to them from wherever I am. And no, you can’t watch them! They’re private – my work and practice product. (And, I’m a little embarrassed of them.) But the truth is, it’s not much different from something I might … Continue reading
Telling Stories with Dance
Last night I met with a fellow instructor/choreographer and we spent some time bouncing around ideas for a dance performance piece. In truth, I have about six pieces in the nascent stages of production, but the hardest part of the job for me is… finishing the job. It’s the filling in of the details, getting … Continue reading
