Practice

And Another Resolution

Ok, so I mentioned that I had another resolution, apart from the first one.  This one is harder to put into words, so I’m allowing for it to be something other than a concise written statement.  After all, soy artista, used to expressing myself in a variety of ways. This resolution has to do with [...]

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We Notice and We Practice

And we notice while practicing.  I know that in order to improve, practice is necessary, but paying attention and noticing are equally importante.  The importance of focus, something I’m not always so good at doing… So everybody is talking about New Year’s resolutions right now.  I don’t really remember having made any for the past several years. [...]

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So Here’s the Thing About Sevillanas (& my weird way of explaining them)

Summer (and it’s still summer) has been fun and funny in Sevillanas class, and I mean funny in a good way. Funny laughing a lot while dancing with partners… And trying to remember what step to do when while looking directly at someone as opposed to looking at yourself in the mirror Or doing the [...]

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Don’t Practice so Much…And Get Better

I wrote this back in February and published it as an article before I really understood this whole blogging thing.  I’ve revised it a bit to post here today.  I welcome your thoughts on the subject: The phrase practice makes perfect seems to be ingrained in our heads. In fact, some of us subscribe so [...]

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Sevillanas are Back

I am very excited to be teaching Sevillanas again.  And, I am newly energized after recently having danced them at the Fería de Caballo in Jerez,  In fact, my time there inspired me to teach Sevillanas al estilo de Jerez.  Perhaps you’re wondering what that means.  Perhaps you’re worried about what that means.  Perhaps you’re [...]

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