Dancers are always learning technique. So how can we learn to stop thinking so that we can ignore all that technique long enough to enjoy the dancing?
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A number of muscles are used in ballroom dancing to create the beautiful shapes and movement we see on the floor. Here’s a guide to preparing your muscles for dance.
The Turning Lock to Right is a complex figure that is often led incorrectly for all the right reasons. Here’s what you need to know.
Enjoy a special opportunity to take advantage of the only cruise line that has a decent sized dance floor, on Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth as she sails for the first time ever from Vancouver to Alaska and back.
You’ve walked since you were a year old, so chances are you don’t spend much time thinking about it. Take a moment to analyze how you walk. Your dancing will thank you.
Dancing offers a huge number of benefits to mental and physical health. Dancers can learn lessons from any other physical activity. Here are a few lessons about dancing learned from cycling.
A closer look at how different personality types affect ballroom dancers, and what that might mean to you as a competitive or social dancer.
Both the WDC and WDSF require drug testing for major competitions. Most people think this is a easy thing that stops cheaters. What they don’t know is just how complex compliance really is. Here’s why it’s bad for ballroom dancing.
We’re making some changes to the Level 2 and 3 Ballroom Dance group classes at Delta Dance to ultimately provide a more enjoyable learning experience for our students.
At this time of year, the air is filled with seasonal music. It’s light, bright and filled with the spirit of the Christmas season. But it can be hard to know which tunes are danceable. Here’s a convenient guide.
Lots of practice in ballroom dancing is great, but even constant practice is no guarantee that you will improve your skills. Here’s how to push past mental complacency.
Ballroom dancing is elegant, sexy and fun but for some people it leads to a variety of fears and anxieties. Here’s a look at the most common of these.
Under the latest Watch OS, you can no longer control your iPhone from your watch, breaking fundamental usability for hundreds of dance teachers around the world.
Just like other dances, the Slow Waltz has phrasing that is often ignored or misunderstood. Here are some tips to use that phrasing to dance a more beautiful, conversational Waltz.
When you first learn a new activity, you do so consciously. As a result, you are slow and inefficient. Unconscious subroutines are just the opposite, fast and efficient. Here’s why it matters.
Rumba Walks are often danced poorly, especially by social dancers. This article is designed to help you better understand how to get the look that you see from top dancers.
Avalon Dance Shop has moved to Delta! Here’s some fascinating background on this iconic supplier of shoes, accessories and dance wear to the Greater Vancouver dance community.
We see the beautiful stretch that top lady dancers apply when ballroom dancing. Here’s a handy guide to help ladies better understand how to create that stretch.
The Quickstep is lively and fun. But too much of today’s choreography has lost the real beauty of Quickstep, which is in the musical contrast.
The Viennese Waltz is a beautiful dance with a long history. The basic dance consists of only three steps but is danced incorrectly far too often. Here are some insights to improve your Viennese Waltz.
A review of some of the key aspects of the character of Paso Doble, one of which in particular is becoming rare in today’s performances.
The Canada Dance Mapping Study was an in-depth look by the Canada Council for the Arts at the dance scene in this country. Here’s a look at the results.
Far too many dancers use “Latin” or Ballet feet in the Standard and Smooth dances. It’s natural to move like this for stability, but it’s ugly and inefficient in those dances. Here’s how to fix it.
Ever wondered what a dance instructor thinks while watching a competition? Here’s a look into my own thought process from notes at two recent events.
Delta Cup 2016 was a tremendous success. We hope you were part of it. Here are a few thoughts on the event and the people who made it so exciting.
Danced well, the Closed Hip Twist is a beautiful basic step with a great story to it and the potential for a variety of ending actions. But it is danced poorly so often that it’s worth a closer look.
Few ballroom dancers know much about the real history of the Tango beyond its Argentinian roots. And fewer still know about the year the entire world went Tango Mad.
Here are a few important concepts that we regularly share with men to make them more aware of how they can be more successful partners. And in the process, how they can become magnets for the ladies on the dance floor.
For a dance that’s focused on expressing a love story, the Rumba has gone through an interesting and embattled history. Here’s a look at some of the development of this Latin American dance.
The Hand to Hand is one of the most basic Latin steps, yet I’m always surprised how often it is danced poorly. Here is some information to help you improve your Hand to Hand in Rumba and Cha Cha.
