Mind-Body
What Beginner Dancers Get Wrong – Beginner Dance Tips for Wedding Dance and more
What Beginner Dancers Get Wrong – Beginner Dance Tips for Wedding Dance and more https://jcdanceco.ca/wp-content/themes/corpus/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Clara Shih https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/db056bd225dccb38a644dbd8879acdfc?s=96&d=mm&r=g read moreWedding Dress Dance Tips – How to dance in a wedding dress
Wedding Dress Dance Tips – How to dance in a wedding dress https://jcdanceco.ca/wp-content/themes/corpus/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Clara Shih https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/db056bd225dccb38a644dbd8879acdfc?s=96&d=mm&r=g read moreDay 1: Corona Quarantine Daily Vlog
Day 1: Corona Quarantine Daily Vlog https://jcdanceco.ca/wp-content/themes/corpus/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Archive https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3c856e28ba28c1b689746ca5a1ddb189?s=96&d=mm&r=g read moreBallet versus Ballroom Training Approach
Everyone knows that ballet is a very technically demanding form of dance. The strength, balance, flexibility and precision required to dance ballet is quintessential. No one would argue that fact. However, in ballroom dancing, for whatever reason, the strength, balance and flexibility that all dancers admire and respect, seem to fall by the wayside and the focus is more on learning steps and routines.
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Performance Team… What’s that?
I’ve gotten a lot of inquiries about our Performance Teams lately, so I thought I’d answer a few common questions. Hopefully I will be able to address what the difference is between a Performance Team and Formation Team, and the benefits of joining a team of dancers, as opposed to social dancing or being involved in competitive DanceSport.
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The Inner Sound of Dance
Clara showed me some of the feedback from our Robson Square show on her Facebook wall the other day. Among all the very cool comments (which btw, thanks everyone!), there was a question posted about whether or not I make the same sounds I did during our solo Waltz demonstration as I did in competition.
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The Dance (Baby) Whisperer – Introduction
As I am reading and re-reading the Baby Whisperer, I discover so many parallels that could be very useful for Ballroom dancers. Just like for the Baby Whisperer, there is no singular almighty solution that is perfect for everyone; each baby and each family (or each dancer and dance partnership) needs to look within themselves and find the strategy that best suits their individual situations.
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Interview with Emanuel & Tania – Part II
Thank you to Emanuel & Tania for sharing their experiences with us to help inspire up and coming local dancers, as well as dancers from all over the world. Here is Part II of their Interview…
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Interview with Emanuel & Tania – Part I
At the Snowball Classic earlier this year, Joel and I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with the winners of the IDSF Standard event, Emanuel Valeri & Tania Kehlet. Although Emanuel is Italian, the couple represents Denmark and are currently ranked 2nd in the IDSF Standard World Ranking List. Having traveled to Denmark and having trained with their Danish coach, Hans Laxholm, ourselves, Joel and I had a lot to talk to them about.
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