What’s success in dance all about? Do you think you’re lacking natural talent or ability and that’s what’s holding you back? Good news, there’s so much more that goes into it. Your success in dance has a lot less to
Jess Spinner (JS): What’s your background in dance? Dawn Smith-Theodor (DS-T) : My mom had a dancing school in Ohio so I danced before I was born. I moved to New York and danced for Henry Letang who at the
Dancing through Disappointment Guest post by Katie Flashner As a competitive ballroom dancer who started seriously training when I was 29 years old, my dance journey probably doesn’t share a whole lot in common with yours. Nevertheless, I want to
How to Improve Your Memory From very early on in our dance training, dancers are told that their number one job is learning the choreography. Learning the choreography is just as important as building proper technique, if not more. Your
Finding a Personal Trainer to Improve your Dancing As a dancer you have very specific needs and goals from a physical and training standpoint. It’s becoming much more popular to seek out a trainer to help you with cross –
Staying Body Positive We’ve all been there – innocently warming up for class and a friend unleashes her hatred, onto herself. She’s looking in the mirror and starts to pick apart her body and appearance. She says her butt has
It really is amazing how time seems to fly by when you’re fully engaged and invested in what you’re doing. I know I felt that way when I was pursuing dance and I feel that way again working with dancer’s
When I was young, I was a free spirit, known by the nicknames “tigger” (the bouncy, excitable character from Winnie the Pooh) or “la salvage” which means “the wild one” in Italian… I think there was a theme going out
Dancer’s are Susceptible to Emotional Eating Many dancer’s who I work with fall into the category of emotional eater’s. This was my experience as well. Emotional eating was a big part of my story in dance and something I fell
I started dancing when I was really young. I asked my mom to bring me to a dance studio when I was only three and since she noticed I enjoyed moving and listening to music, she looked for a dance school