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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Real Talk
Real Talk time, everyone. I have a story, and it's my story. It's not scandalous, or click-baity, but I'm having some existential angst need to talk about it. I want to be a professional dancer. There. I said it. Believe it or not, that's a phrase I've danced (ha) around saying outright for near on [...]
Video Review: EnTANGOed
So I really don't have much to say beyond how FREAKIN' AWESOME this is. By now y'all know how much I love the intersection of ballroom and ballet. Now add in SCIENCE and my little nerd heart is a-glow with glee. Seriously. Physics PhD, gorgeous dancer--soon-to-be Dr. Moore has got it going on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzKdKJn9El4 (Maybe [...]
Trumpet in the Quart–At Last!
Hi everyone--remember how a couple months ago I wrote this post about how I had spent a fun evening filming a music video? Well, said video is finished and I have the pleasure of showing it to you here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjELvCvpcb4 What do you think?! I think it's super cool. Particularly that shot of Jeff and [...]
Today’s Tidbit
What says more about my teaching style than anything else: When I made a joke last night about having forgotten my smackin' ruler for whipping people into ballroom shape, and not one person laughed. Because they thought I was serious. Let that be a lesson, boys and girls! Speaking of teaching, I'm doing a workshop series [...]
Video Review: AMESKA
YES. Ok so I'm really excited to talk about something here. Those of you who know me in real life or are a frequent reader-between-the-lines on this here blog will know that I have a brewing desire to combine ballroom and ballet into...something. You can, therefore, imagine my excitement when I discovered one of the [...]
Dance Goals 2016
(Clearly I don't know what a hiatus is.) It's that time of year again, where people name out all kind of things they want to accomplish in the calendar year. Historically I've ignored the 'resolution' thing, being a bit cynical about people claiming to be instigating drastic changes in their lives without thinking through the [...]
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