Recently during a salsa group lesson on spins my instructor, Marcus Negron, pointed out that sometimes we talk about our body as though it is a different entity from ourselves rather than owning that we are choosing to do something. When we fall out of a spin we might say,…
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Leadership Lessons from Dance – Where Your Eyes Go Your Body Follows
As the new year is upon us and people are setting their intentions, I began reflecting on a leadership lesson from dance that I am still learning – Where Your Eyes Go Your Body Follows. In other words, where you set your intentions is where you are likely to head.…
Leadership Lessons from Dance – Will the Real Leader Please Stand Up
I know I am making an impact in my dance community when during teacher training we were told to partner up and for leaders to all face the same direction. So I did but then the lead next to me shifted to face the opposite direction and I in turn…
The impact of a cheer: the intention behind welcoming someone to a space
I missed an opportunity last night to make a point with my students so I’m going to be vulnerable and share it here in the hopes that it helps someone… An RA from another community who is also a peer educator in another office was about to co-present to our…