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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


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


Listening
Partner dancing invites us into listening. Listening with the body. What does it mean to listen? There are many sounds around all the time,


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


Flowing as a follow
As a follow, your part in the partner dance is to take the energy/momentum that your partner gives you, carry it through your body and embel


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


Why knowing yourself is so important
Clarity of understanding yourself will facilitate authentic communication.


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


Beat is the heart of the dance
The beat of the music, that's what is at the heart of the partner dance. Both partners are separate dancers dancing to the one beat togethe


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


More than the two of you
1 + 1 = 3 The practice of dancing together is more than just two sets of dance moves fitting together. There is that third element, that...


The invitation
For less pressure on the dance partnership, seeing the act of leading as one of invitation, opens up new possibilities.


Being and doing - practicing technique and flow
Being and doing, in dancing I see this as technique and flow. I like to see this as technique and flow rather than technique versus flow


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


Finding you - solo dance for partner dancers (part two)
As a practiced partner dancer it’s good to know your partner dancing but equally important to be able to free your dance from the confines o


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


Finding you – solo dance for partner dancers (part one)
Steps are great, but what are steps without improvisation and your interpretation of them? Improvisation is your dance.


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 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.
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