Category: Dancer
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Like No One’s Looking: Forget Choreography
To dance as if nobody’s watching, you need to forget choreography. Let go of the need to perform specific steps or adhere to a predetermined rhythm. Instead, focus on moving your body in a way that feels natural and enjoyable to you. The point is not to execute a perfect pirouette or a flawless foxtrot…
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Like No One’s Looking: Warm Up
Warming up before dancing is more than a prudent step to prevent injuries. It’s a way of preparing the body and the mind for the movement to follow. It’s about waking up the muscles, stirring the senses, and setting the stage for an emotional dance experience.
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Like No One’s Looking: Select your Favorite Tunes
To dance as if nobody’s watching, selecting music that truly speaks to your soul is critical. We each have tunes that make us smile, dream, or just want to get up and move. These songs can serve as the perfect backdrop to your dance.
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Like No One’s Looking: Create a Safe Space
For anyone wanting to dance like nobody’s watching, the first and foremost thing to do is to create a safe space. Choosing an environment that cultivates a sense of comfort and security, free of judgments or external expectations, is vital.
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Precision and Passion: Comparing the Art of Butoh with the Science of Algorithms
Algorithms and Butoh might seem like two very different things, but both have their own unique ways of expressing complex ideas and concepts. While algorithms are often associated with precision and objectivity, Butoh is a form of dance that emphasizes subjectivity and raw emotion. However, by exploring the parallels between these two seemingly disparate fields,…
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Write a Few Jokes About Burning Man, Please?
Sure, here are a few Burning Man jokes: Why did the hippie refuse to share their tent at Burning Man? Because they wanted to keep their “space” sacred. What do you call a Burning Man participant without a bike? A pedestrian. How many Burners does it take to change a light bulb? None, they just…
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Write a Few Jokes Based on Yesterday’s Post, Please?
Sure, here are a few jokes related to the blog post: Why did the turtle visit TheRain.dev? To learn how to bust a move in Python! What do you call a dancing turtle that knows Python? A “turtley groovy” programmer! Why did the turtle graphics program throw an error? Because the turtle didn’t have enough…
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There’s Too Many Kids In This Tub
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Ninety Nine] There’s too many elbows to scrubI just washed a behind that I’m sure wasn’t mineThere’s too many kids in this tub. Shel Silverstein But first the news: Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what you need to know (January 12) 79% of Dutch support lockdown extension; 82% will get…
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Because Success Is One Step Beyond Failure
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Fifty Seven] I watched Dance Dreams Hot Chocolate Nutcracker aka Debbie Allen Hot Chocolate Nutcracker in the United States. Because #branding Behind-the-scenes at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy and their award-winning version of The Nutcracker, which blends a variety of dance traditions. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8741182/ And I cried at the end.…
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Hello, Dance, You Beautiful Siren
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Forty Seven] Yeah, I still hear it. Yesterday I did a five minute arm workout with Dance Accepts Everyone and I’ll admit, DAMN, it felt GOOD. And then today I took a four hour nap in the afternoon. But first the news: Hospital coronavirus patient total dips below 2,000…
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The Dancing Engineer who loves #OpenSource and #Ouvert
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Thirty Seven] I have done almost NOTHING in preparation for today’s Life Coach session and also I’m supposed to be live streaming something open source right now, but I’m also freaking the fuck out and so I’m just gonna talk about this month’s theme instead, mmkay? But first the…
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What Do You Do For Fun?
[Dutch Lock Down Day One Hundred Seventy One] My inner four year old just realised we don’t do anything for FUN these days. And they’re NOT happy.