We will be talking about dance lessons and lifestyle today! Now more than ever, people are starting to realize that they need to take care of themselves, body, mind, emotions and spirit to perform at their highest level regardless of their profession. The better we feel, the better decisions we make, and therefore, the better […]
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Ballroom Dancing and Sports Growing up I was always involved in sports and I was surprised at the great rapport that with time I started building with my own body. Then later on in life I started incorporating different physical disciplines to continue increasing that relationship with my own body and ballroom and latin dancing
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You’re in the middle of your wedding dance lesson practicing your first dance and you mess up. It happens! Many students worry about messing up on their big day. In the dance studio, we can restart the music, get help from the instructor, and try again. However, with any kind of performance, there are chances
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From Daylights Savings to Thanksgiving, and Veterans Day to Black Friday then Cyber Monday; November brings with it no shortage of mile-markers and holidays to celebrate. However, November is also declared National Alzheimer’s Awareness month in the United States. In honor of National Alzheimer’s Awareness month, we wanted to shed light on some local Orange County
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An article was released today by the online news subscription known as “The Atlantic” that caught my dancer eye. It’s title, “Learning Empathy Through Dance” spiked my curiosity and confirmed ideas I’ve had around the power of dance and it’s relationship with human connection and emotion. The article highlights the recent increase in
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New Year New You In the beginning of the year many people make New Year’s Resolutions that they try to stick to, but most of the time these resolutions are hard to maintain. Now, I will make a decent size list of things I either want to improve on, do, or experience. By the end
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Last week in the dancing studio, I had overheard a few different people mention how awkward they felt while dancing and that it didn’t feel natural to them. Well, rest assured my friends, I’m here to tell you its normal for it to feel unnatural especially when you are first starting to learn something new.
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As the holidays draw closer, we are in a season of thanksgiving, and every once in awhile I run into someone who will inspire me and remind me of some of the things I’m grateful for. While watching, “Dancing with the Stars,” Amy Purdy was one of those people. Here is a person with a
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I think that anyone would agree that to have success in something, consistency is crucial. Like any other type of goal, your dance goals should be met with consistency. Recently I picked up 5 tips form business strategist Marie Forleo on how to “get things done, all the time.” While her advice on how to
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When I think about how dancing relates to the human body, I think of its effects on a dancer’s strength, flexibility, stamina and physical physique. I rarely think about the affects that dancing has on the brain. Studies have shown that there is a strong connection between dancing and cognitive function. Proprioception and Kinesthesia The
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