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Lawrence’s Dance Tip-Put Your Back Into It

March 2, 2010 – 3:22 am

In our dancing we spend a great deal of time working on and talking about the activity of the body. We refer to holding tone, energy in opposition and maintaining our frame. And then we say relax. This seemingly contradictory approach reveals the importance of understanding the way in which we must be active rather [...]

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Lawrence’s Dance Tip – Silly Syllabus

February 2, 2010 – 3:30 am

The conversation around dance syllabus can vary from an emphasis of its importance to its irrelevance in a single breathe. So what is dance syllabus and how can we use it as a tool in developing our dancing.
First thing to understand is what is the dance syllabus. It is nothing more than a list of [...]

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Lawrence’s Dance Tip – Connection is King

January 26, 2010 – 3:49 am

Understanding how we relate to another body as we dance is not just important, it is our dancing. There is much overlap of the skills and techniques that you develop in any of the movement arts. You develop muscle control and strength, flexibility, core strength and even rhythm. While these are all very important skills [...]

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Lawrence’s Dance Tip – Practice Pieces

January 19, 2010 – 3:24 am

Dance practice is such an important part of our dance training. If you want your dance skills to progress more quickly, spend a bit of time on reviewing specific aspects of your dancing.
With our upcoming showcase one very good aspect to develop is expression. Expression in your dancing can take many forms. We talk about [...]

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Lawrence’s Dance Tip – Over the Top

December 8, 2009 – 3:30 am

With the Holiday Showcase fast approaching we want to remember one of the important aspects of performance dancing, expression. Particularly with show dancing we want to remember that our movement can tell a story, relate a style, feeling or emotion. In order to do so we must train and develop the aspects of our dancing [...]

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Lawrence – Giving Thanks

November 26, 2009 – 3:30 am

Every year we are reminded on Thanksgiving Day to be grateful for the blessings in our life. I think we are fortunate that our culture provides us with this reminder. It is so easy to go through life forgetting to acknowledge the love and generosity of others and the great fortunes that befall us.

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