Tag: Dance
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Working On Your Best Self Through Life’s Changes
Working on your best self is much easier said than done! Personally, I took a break from writing, dancing, teaching… basically everything. However, I didn’t really realize that in the meantime, I’ve been actively working on my best self. Working On My Best Self Meant Working On… A Little Back Story… Life post-grad was honestly…
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Feedback in Dance
Feedback in dance makes or breaks dancers. (In my opinion) Some dance teachers are harsh and some are way too vague. I’ve heard stories of dancers even giving up on their love for dancing because they were not given wholesome, meaningful feedback. Feedback was something new to me when I started learning more about it…
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Performance Anxiety- How to Overcome it
Performance anxiety is something we all experience one way or the other. I recently had a feature interview on Dancer 360 (thank you Gina Mcfadden for having me it was such a pleasure!) The conversation lead me to reflect on when I had performance anxiety for a good chunk of my younger dance career. Growing…
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Finding the Motivation to Dance Again
Finding the motivation to dance has been such a struggle for me these past few months. Although it may not seem like it from my posts on Instagram, getting up and heading to the studio sometimes is still such a drag for me. A lot has been going on in life lately (and I can’t…
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Knowing Your Limits vs. Pushing Through
Knowing your limits can be such a challenge to actually KNOW. The same goes for consciously knowing when you can push through situations as well. Adjusting & Starting Over Before starting back school, I knew I had to get ready for some adjustments again. My schedule got so weird over the summer and over the…
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“Dancers Can Do Anything You Tell Them To”
A dance professor from my University said something inspiring last week. She said, “Dancers can do anything you tell them to do.” That resonated with me so much that I HAD to write about it. When I think about my dance career so far, I am often awestruck at the many things I have done…
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Burnout in Dance
Burnout was brought to my attention recently and I realized that I am a little burnt out myself. I thought I’d share my thoughts and advice with you guys. My Experience I usually feel burnout, especially during a normal semester but surprisingly I have felt it so much during these months when I had to…