2011-11-27 03:16
Learn to use the Basic Tools for Effective Movement.Awaken Potential and Bust Discouraging Myths.Orlando, FloridaDecember 10th11:00 - 3:00John Parnell Dance Studio1949 Sand Lake Road, Orland… Read More
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A Dancer's Guide is a place to reconsider movement and gain in efficiency and ease. It gives insight into the world of professional dance, a creative world where the indirect is as important as the direct and where, to take one good step forward, you migh
2011-11-13 22:18
Do you remember the last time you picked up a cat? As you cup a cat's stomach and lift him up, his body just hangs in your hand. His legs dangle down, ruminating over the ground.Cats rarely… Read More
2010-12-16 15:03
After being politely ignored by a blog promoting dance blogs, I've just had my posts wiped off a dance discussion board... Am I that radical?.Maybe. After all, instead of writing cleanly … Read More
2010-12-08 20:25
Keep your energy circulating. It can sound hippy-ish and vague. But, we all understand it when put a different way. Try this one: If you lift something heavy, make sure you bend your knees… Read More
2010-12-06 13:09
Watching me leap across the floor, jerky and stiff -- a catapult trying to fling itself through the air -- a fellow dancer came up to me and said: You want to fly so badly. It's a beautiful… Read More
2010-12-01 17:16
A friend of mine, who recently immigrated from the Balkans, speaks English in a haphazardly creative way. Among his recent classics: I go now to the bank to buy some money. You know that st… Read More
2010-12-01 12:48
My sneakers are light and cushion my steps. They give me spring even when I'm feeling fatigue. Unfortunately, I get a little lost in them. I get soft in them.. .Our bodies are made to pump o… Read More
2010-11-18 01:42
When my mom got home, she'd kick off her shoes. Following in her steps, I would, too. She was my reminder that bare feet feel great..Of course, in a world of chemicals, rocks, broken glass a… Read More
2010-11-11 00:25
I became a much better dancer when I stopped trying to dance and just started doing stuff..Bend knees. Feel what that's like. Place palm of left hand on the floor. Feel the floor. Swivel and… Read More
2010-11-04 07:18
Last week, we felt up our legs to find where they start. Now, it's time to get even more intimate with our skeleton.Reach down and feel yourself between your hamstrings and your butt. There… Read More
2010-10-27 17:11
Most showgirls come to work in jeans, but they all change into fishnets and sparkly G-strings. G-strings arch upwards and make for longer legs.How far up do your legs go?That question sound… Read More
2010-10-20 21:47
It's the season for strikes in the City of Lights.Retirement reform has got Paris churned up and grinding down, again. And, although it could turn into a much bigger mess, there's always som… Read More
2010-10-16 16:24
A teacher, once, told me to not focus on steps. Dance is all about transition, she said. It worked! I, immediately, became more fluid.There's something particular to movement: You can take a… Read More
2010-10-09 10:54
She was German and he was French and words were lost between them. But, a breeze swept off the water, fanning the warm summer night, and they followed each other, using the simplest of signs… Read More
2010-10-07 07:05
Warm it up. Rev it up. Slip it into high gear.We often talk about the human body as though it were a machine. It's not the most flattering image for a complex organism, but, if it works, why… Read More
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