Keep it Clean! Choreographies that stand out have undoubtedly been well thought out and practiced prior to their debuts. Often times a choreography’s success doesn’t’ depend on it being technically impressive as much as it depends on being executed cleanly. While knowing how to perform a dance with strength and clarity takes experience, I can […]
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Working at a ballroom dance studio has taught me a lot about how to act when you are dancing, and even rules that spill over into regular everyday life. While dancing, you must trust your partner. Whether this “partner” is your dance instructor, or someone you are soon getting married to, or someone you’re dating,
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Visualization is a technique used routinely by athletes as a part of their training and preparation for competitions. Many athletes use visualization to cultivate a competitive edge, renew mental awareness, and gain a greater sense of wellbeing and confidence. Visualization is commonly accepted as contributing to the success and growth of the nation’s top athletes.
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Ballroom dancing classes are a wonderful idea for a date. Why is that, you ask? Well, let me give you a couple of reasons: Ballroom dancing is a great idea for a date because it’s no secret that every woman has seen ballroom dancing, potentially (typically) on Dancing with the Stars, and has had a
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Dream Big & Dance Better There’s nothing like a new year to help us reassess ourselves and create new goals for the months to come. As dancers there is always room for us to grow, so why not use the start of 2015 to check in, think about where you are, and where you want
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Lift, Dip, and Dazzle! Dance lifts and dips are two elements of ballroom and latin dancing that can be both very exciting and scary. Here at Bella Ballroom we have the pleasure of working with many wedding couples who are non-dancers but want to impress their guests on their special day. Dips and lifts definitely get
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Reading an article about new trends, I came about an article that talked about the sudden inclination of the baby boomer generation to enter in competitive ballroom dancing. Once children grow up and leave the house, it is easier for couples to focus on dancing, especially if they are competing. The best thing about it
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Being single and having the urge to learn how to partner dance can be a rather daunting idea for some, however it does not need to be this way. At Bella Ballroom, our passion is teaching dance. This means we have a passion for teaching single dancers, engaged dancers, and married dancers. This also means
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Many clients find Bella Ballroom when looking for a dance studio to fulfill all their wedding needs in terms of creating a wildly successful first dance. While some students are wholly organized and undoubtedly decided, there are others who are not so decided. Sometimes, it takes couples weeks to even decide on a song for
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When Bella Ballroom studio owner Jennelle called out “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran as the next popular wedding dance song I thought, “She’s probably right.” You may think that I’m making this up, but since I started this article five minutes ago, an inquiring bride walked in the studio and asked me about dance
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