Episode 80 - New Teaching Partner Checklist
Some things to think about when teaching dance with a new partner for the first time
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20 of 80 episodesEpisode 79 - Are You Getting in Your Own Way?
How do we get in our own way. Why does it hold us back and how do we fix it?
Episode 78 - Doing nothing or not doing anything?
Musings on the art of not doing anything, rather than doing nothing or doing something meaningless.
Episode 77 - "X is a racist"
Describing someone as "racist" in a racist society is a bit meaningless. What can we do instead? (I don't actually have an answer to this on...
Episode 76 - How to solve a Rubik's Cube
Anyone can figure out how to solve a Rubik's cube. It only takes 3 key insights to develop your own solution!
Episode 75 - Live music and the wall of sound
Blues dancers can probably learn to like (and even enjoy) live music sets with a low dynamic and rhythmic range
Episode 74 - Cats and Dance Journeys
An extended metaphor to illustrate some of the difficulties of changing while being oneself. Featuring cats!
Episode 73 - Story Arcs and Partnering Styles (musings on teaching at Lil' Taste of Fusion)
Jess and I taught at Lil' Taste of Fusion : 3h each day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with blues on the first day and fusion the other two...
Episode 72 - Codes of conduct
What purpose do codes of conduct serve, what should they include, how do they for into your organisation's wider safety strategy?
Episode 71 - Preparation Steps (and Anchor Steps)
In response to Basil's questions. A bit about anchors and a lot about preps.
Episode 70 - When is it step step vs triple step?
1) It doesn't matter much 2) it's simpler than you may think 3) why do we ask the question?
Episode 69 - Talking with Tara and Michael about their Experience Parenting Aroha (part 2)
Tara and Michael treat their daughter Aroha like a person (because she is one). We discuss the language they prefer to use to discribe Aroha...
Episode 68 - Talking with Tara and Michael about their Experience Parenting Aroha (part 1)
Tara and Michael treat their daughter Aroha like a person (because she is one). We discuss how they encourage people to seek Aroha's consent...
Episode 67 - White Fragility Self Test
CW: white dude discussing his white fragility - answering the questions asked by Ally Henny to reflect on one's white fragility. https://www...
Episode 66 - Safer Spaces (part 2)
Why do we need to make our safer spaces intersectional? Why do dance spaces in particular need work to make spaces safer? What are the means...
Episode 65 - Safer Spaces (part 1)
Why do we need safer spaces? What kinds of issues are we trying to address?
Episode 64 - Talking with Stefanie Buller about Alexander Technique (part 2)
Stefanie is an Alexander Technique teacher who works with regular folk, but also elite athletes. We discuss how working with athletes is dif...
Episode 63 - Talking with Stefanie Buller about Alexander Technique (part 1)
Stefanie is an Alexander Technique teacher who works with regular folk, but also elite athletes. We discuss her approach to Alexander Techni...
Episode 62 - Talking with Catherine Palmier about Private Escapes
Catherine Palmier teaches at/organises various events including Dancemode Immersions and Mountain Blues Camp. She is based in Puerto Rico, w...
Episode 61 - Talking with Jenny Sowden about Be-Bluesed (part 2)
I sit down at Mountain Blues Camp to talk with Jenny Sowden about her experience teaching at Be-Bluesed (which I previously discussed in epi...