Why Should Every Dancer Learn the Alexander Technique? A series of Alexander Technique lessons gives you skills for a lifetime in dance. It brings freedom to your body and control without tension. Dancing without tension gives beautiful, long, open lines, … Continue reading →
A wise coach said, “If you want to improve your dancing, change your movement.” Those words went straight in and resonated with me. I decided to make that attempt and have been spending endless hours trying to do exactly that. … Continue reading →
Feet! I can’t remember being so excited about my feet, and they definitely started sending happy messages to me, too. I discovered something horrible that I’ve been doing that’s been hurting my feet. All this trying to dance, all the … Continue reading →
What does good posture mean to you? What does it look like and what do you do? Is it more work or less? Can you do that all day? We can pull ourselves up, or push shoulders down. But how … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
“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 →
