Street Dance
Your dance is unique and remarkable. It's both the history of your relationship to movement and an illustration of who you are becoming.
Partner dancing originated organically on the street. Partner dancing is sustained by the groups of people that meet to entertain and understand each other. Partner dancing gets its biggest boom from young people, developed into an art by adults and nurtured by elders. The community that dances together builds together, and a good night of dancing s includes dancing with seven year olds and a seventy year olds.
Street Dance is about empowering ourselves and the people around us to express themselves. We're always inviting the world to dance with us in some way, so why not make this a conscious act?
Partner dance from the street dance perspective in contrast to Ballroom came organically out of culture. These dances came out of communities that didn’t purchase entertainment they created their own. As in the case with, at least, Salsa and Swing there is an exchange between the dancers and musicians so the music and dance evolved together. I want every dancer, solo or collaborative, to feel like members of the band. Each dance style is unique for its rhythm. Rhythm is the foundation of communication when making a collaborative effort. Obviously touch and physical connection are key to communicating within a lead-follow dynamic, however I teach that this is the most natural part and slowest evolving skill in partner dancing. One of the funnest parts of my job is sharing the value of role playing in the dance. The lead-follow dynamic has a tendency to scare away “woke persons” because many people that work hard to progress society view this dynamic as unhealthy binary social programing. I take great joy in showing people that communication is most effective when there is a habitation of giving and receiving rolls. Because the body doesn’t lie and these dances came organically out of culture then it should be assumed that there is inherently something valuable in taking on a roll within a partnership. Being roll fluid is the fastest way to become a great dancer. Besides the incredible benefits of community building, partner dance also has a holistic effect on our person. Stimulates emotional well-being by helping us develop relationship skills, awareness of our relationship with our: thoughts, perceptions, addictions, social conditioning, creativity, self confidence, love, lust, compassion, patience, etc…. Mental well-being is shown by science to be a side effect of partner dance, this is easy to understand why. Doing multiple things at a time creates cross firing between the hemispheres, that’s sure to promote hormonal stability, memory, problem solving, and longevity. Being physical active, partner dance enhances our: blood circulation, lymph movement, flexibility, strength, balance, coordination, hearing, sight, tactile senses, and posture. But probably the most profound skill we gain as a result of regular partner dancing is the capacity to listen. This is how we plan to save the world. If we can teach people to listen to each other then listening to the earth should come naturally.
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