Happy Friday people of the internet! I have had another adventure, this time of the big city variety. I went on a business trip this week, for the biotech trade-show Interphex, at the Javits Conference Center in NYC. Impressions? It was flipping enormous. As a newbie in the biotech world, it was really cool and [...]
Category: Dance
A New Crazy Idea
Six years ago, I told a little white lie. I wanted to make a movie trailer for a book I had written. Just a few problems: I hadn't told anyone save my parents and three trusted confidants that I had written the book in the first place. I needed a cast of dozens, but I didn't [...]
MIT Open 2016
Hello internet! I hope the place from where you are reading this is as blue-skied and sunny as the place from where I am writing this. (Is the above grammatically correct? It seems suspicious to me.) Last weekend I had another one of my weekend ballroom adventures! The SU Ballroom club and I piled into [...]
National Water Dance
Good morning, people of the internet! I have something special for you today. Everyone knows about Earth Day, but have you heard of the National Water Day--more specifically, the National Water Dance? The National Water Dance is a site-specific collaborative art project, with dancers, choreographers, educators, and advocates working together to create a 'movement choir.' [...]
Weekends are for Dancing
Hi everyone! I come to you in much better spirits than last week.Thank you to everyone for your kind words about that little debacle. This past weekend was another Holly-patented whirlwind of dancing events. Let's recap, shall we? Friday was ballroom practice and then a West Coast Swing dance courtesy of Mr. Steve Ryan. A [...]
Punching
Hi everyone. Time for some more Real Talk. I feel a bit like a wilted puppy--a phrase that sounds like a mixed metaphor unless you have ever had a dog and scolded it. Their whole body melts down, tail drooping, eyes sad, ears tucked back. That's how I feel right now. I read a lot [...]
Sexism and Ballroom: A Married Perspective
Happy Monday, dear readers! Let's talk about sexism and ballroom. So I'm a recently-married lady, and before that I was an engaged lady for about a year before adding the second ring to my hands. (I'm a rebel--I wear the wedding band on my left and the engagement ring on my right in an attempt [...]
MADjam 2016
Hi everyone, happy Wednesday. Time to talk about my eventful weekend. I wish I had better news. So this weekend Steve and I drove down to Baltimore for MADjam, one of the larger West Coast Swing competitions in the country. I've never been to Baltimore before, and I had imagined it a dingy, run-down place--not [...]
Competition Q & A–with MIT info!
Happy Leap Day, everyone! I hope this rounding error of a Monday finds you well. Today we're going to talk about collegiate ballroom competitions. Every semester, I take the SU kids to at least one comp, and I get the same questions from newbies every time. I figured I ought to do an FAQ post [...]
Teaching in Caz
Hi peeps! Here's where to stalk me in REAL LIFE--fancy that. I'm teaching a four-week workshop series in Waltz starting today! It'll be at the Cazenovia Municipal Building (address below) at 7pm for the next four Tuesdays. Honestly I haven't decided what I'm teaching for all four lessons--some basics, technique, etc. I won't know at [...]
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