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Jeff’s Dance Tip – All Sides

September 29, 2009 – 3:30 am

In all of our dancing, working and understanding the use of the sides of the body is imperative for balance, control and a finished look and feel. How we use our sides may vary from style to style given the look and action we are trying to achieve. The first and probably most important element [...]

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Lawrence’s Dance Tip – Heads Up

September 22, 2009 – 3:30 am

Posture is one of the most important elements in all of our dancing and often one of the most difficult to change. If you consider that whatever activity you do throughout the day, be it sit at a computer or driving or chasing your kids, you have a particular posture that your are training repeatedly [...]

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Lawrence’s Dance Tip – Create a Dancer

September 15, 2009 – 3:00 pm

Train to be a dancer. Whether we are interested in dancing as a social hobby, for exercise, to develop our personal expression or a combination of these reasons, it is important to understand the fundamental actions and activities in the body that will bring us the best and healthiest results. In our training, we must [...]

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Mary’s Dance Tip – Arms, The Rest of the Story

September 8, 2009 – 3:30 am

Development of arm styling is considered an important aspect of our dancing, yet it is most often considered only a matter of aesthetics. While it is true that the extension and the activity of the arms can create a fuller, more finished picture in your dancing, there is much more to picture. We want always to [...]

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Lawrence’s Dance Tip – Collection

September 1, 2009 – 3:30 am

When in dance we speak of collection, we are not talking antiques, we are talking about how the legs pass under the body.  It is important to understand and develop consistent habits about how our legs pass to improve our balance and control as well as body action. When you take a step, how, when [...]

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Karen’s Dance Tip – Musical Chairs

August 25, 2009 – 9:10 am

Musicality is of course one of the most important skills to develop in our dancing. A clear basic understanding of timing in music, as it applies to our dancing is of tremendous importance. To understand the music for dancing we do not have to be a studied musician. We do however, have to train ourselves [...]

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Jeff’s Dance Tip – Hips and Feet

August 18, 2009 – 11:57 am

In all of our Latin and Rhythm dances the action of the hips is notable. As dancers what we want to understand is the importance of the relationship our feet, legs and hips in order to create our Latin styling. Good Latin foot technique requires an attention to the pressure applied into the floor. This [...]

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