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Conversations with My Feet

Dance Without Limits Posted on November 9, 2016 by Dana Ben-YehudaNovember 9, 2016

I’m having conversations with my feet. My poor feet that are danced out, sore, kept me up at night. Worried that they were injured again except that both of them hurt and only one had been injured. Muscles can be … Continue reading →

Posted in Dana's Dance Diary, General | Tagged Alexander Technique, ballroom dance, body awareness, consciousness, Dance, Foot injury, Mind-body

No Fear! And Move. Freeing the Hips and Using the Head Weight in Dance.

Dance Without Limits Posted on October 6, 2016 by Dana Ben-YehudaOctober 6, 2016

Someone asked me the other day – assumed, really – that I teach dance. I don’t teach dance, I teach movement that helps people dance better. I teach coordination and body knowledge. I connect the dots for people between seeing … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Applied Alexander®, Dana's Dance Diary, General | Tagged Alexander Technique, ballroom dance, body awareness, Dance, dance education, Movement

Your Head Weight and Muscular Tension in Dance

Dance Without Limits Posted on October 6, 2016 by Dana Ben-YehudaOctober 6, 2016

Hello my friends! I was out dancing socially and talking with a friend about things each of us is learning, and how we use the body in dance. Dancers talking about dance… I was trying to describe why the head … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Applied Alexander®, Dana's Dance Diary, General | Tagged Alexander Technique, ballroom dance, body awareness, Dance, dance education, posture, tension

Keeping my Poise and the Absence of Something; Putting it Together.

Dance Without Limits Posted on September 29, 2016 by Dana Ben-YehudaSeptember 29, 2016

Hello my friends! Today I was looking at a picture from Yosemite. My friends commented how relaxed and happy I looked. They were noticing the absence of something. It was the absence of tension I didn’t even know was there, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dana's Dance Diary, General | Tagged Alexander Technique, ballroom dance, Dance, dance education, poise, posture, tension

Your Head is Too Slow

Dance Without Limits Posted on August 28, 2016 by Dana Ben-YehudaAugust 28, 2016

“Your head is too slow” Sound familiar? In a lesson with my partner, we were working on Reverse Turns in Slow Foxtrot. His teacher told me, “Your head is too slow.” My immediate thought, of course, was to turn it … Continue reading →

Posted in Applied Alexander®, Dana's Dance Diary, General, Life Stories | Tagged ballroom dance, body awareness, consciousness, Dance, dance education

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