Off The Grid

What it means to be “Off The Grid” both on and off the dance floor. Continue reading

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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.

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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

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An Uncomfortable Week in Dance

An brief foray into my own lack of comfort with different styles of teaching Blues dance. Continue reading

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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

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How Dance Events Can Make You Fat

An examination of how eating & sleeping habits at dance events can lead to weight gain. Continue reading

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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

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Baggage

An embarrassing confessional of how much baggage I have and inspiration to detach from things. Continue reading

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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

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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 do in a corner at a blues dance or even in a competition… Continue reading

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