creativity | Partner dance

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

Opening up creativity with solo movement

I had become so serious in doing certain steps and striving to do them the right way, to impress someone else, or even just to impress mysel

What is conscious partner dancing?

Partner dancing with another person is the one of the most joyous things I have experienced.

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

You can dance

It is my suspicion that dance is inherently easy. Far easier than we give it credit for, and that actually moving is innate within everyone

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

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

Trust and confidence in partner dance

The dance partnership doesn't work without a level of trust between partners.

The key to smooth and creative leading

So, I'm about to give away the number one secret to leading in a way that flows effortlessly from one move to the other, and it's to use the

Structure vs improvisation

I love partner dance because it brings a wonderful interplay of steps vs improvisation – structure and chaos.