Somatic awareness and partner dance
When you're dancing an improvisational dance, you are in the moment, letting the dance be created through you. Letting your emotions and fee
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No partner, no worries
Many partner dance skills are personal. The ability to connect, improve and expand your awareness in your partner dancing experience is in
Follows need no moves
If you want to advance your dancing as a follow, and indeed pick up any partner dance quickly and easily, your job as a follow is to forget
Getting out of a dancing rut
Once our bodies have learned to do a move and we've repeated the same thing for years and years our movements fall from our conscious awaren
You dance like you
As a unique individual you have a unique style when it comes to dancing. The way you carry your body is completely unique as it is made up
Micro-dances
I love micro dances – and by micro dances I mean dances which use tiny, intricate movements. I love them because they have given me so much
The invitation
For less pressure on the dance partnership, seeing the act of leading as one of invitation, opens up new possibilities.
Practicing new moves
When you see people doing amazing moves, it's the flow and grace that captures your attention. When your moves become easy to do then you f
Moving from your centre
Moving from your centre is important for leading. If you want to move your partner, clarity comes from moving your centre, not your extremi
Stretch and compression
Compression and stretch, although a term used widely in Lindy Hop, has been the basis for all my leading and following no-matter what style
The quality of your steps
I love every single one of my steps when I dance. The quality of my steps is why I enjoy my dancing.
Dynamic posture
Taking the approach of looking at how your posture is and understanding how it is the way it is, is a great step to helping you move with ea
The art of following
As a follow, you follow the energy that your lead is giving you. The lead initiates a movement, and to make this a partner dance, the energ
Relaxed shoulders for better connection
The arms are the line of connection in partner dance. So having a relaxed arm will enable leads to send clear messages and follows to under
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