Teacher touches: Appropriate? Useful?
A Dance Forums post asked about appropriate protocols for teachers touching students. Mostly, the discussion centered around whether teachers needed to ask for permission and
A Dance Forums post asked about appropriate protocols for teachers touching students. Mostly, the discussion centered around whether teachers needed to ask for permission and
It seemed like a disagreement, a difference of opinion forming in a discussion of a related question. Discussions often diverge and appear to take up
via GIPHY Feeling satisfied with my Duolingo progress that morning, I was just relaxing and poking around when I came across a blog article, Dear
Soft eye gaze A practice partner sent me a couple of videos of us dancing together. What follows is the discussion we had after watching
Using our energy in a consistent, expansive way. Filling every part of our body (without hot spots or leaks). So that every part has the support of the whole. Then we can use our energy to match the music and our dance partner.
Picture a ski jumper in flight, stretched out over their skis, for an extreme example of “Nose over toes” posture.
Our friend Alex posted a link on Facebook to a BBC article, “Why meeting another’s gaze is so powerful”. He relates it to cabeceo, a
Have you ever thought about leading and following as an interview? The partners speak the same language of functionally correct uses of their body to
We were practicing a move, but a crucial send-receive signal wasn’t working. If we’d been with someone who had this bit of lead-follow well wired,
One of the first things I heard in a class is that “Tango is a wonderful dance of improvisation. Here is our first pattern.” ?!
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