Education
Development of Quality – Walter Laird Lecture
All dancers should listen to every word of this lecture:
June 23, 2018
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Category: Video
Lectures
The Backward Walk – Video and Webinar
New dates for Ralf’s webinar will be announced soon. Stay tuned
July 15, 2017
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Video
Mind, Body & Soul: Quantum Dancing by Damir Karaman
Quantum Dancing SPIRITUAL APPROACH TO AUTHENTIC SELF-EXPRESSION Personal Experience Becoming a great dancer is not an easy thing to do. Achieving extraordinary performance is something
January 7, 2017
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Education
Mind, Body & Soul: Cuban Culture – Back to the Roots by Ana Llorente
[section label=”Webinar” anchor=”webinar”] Click on the “Save my Spot” Button below to reserve a spot to Ana Llorente’s LIVE Session! [section label=”Back to the Roots”
November 5, 2016
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Body Work
Co-ordination, Balance & Rhythm
As you can see there is a very large range of things to cover. To that end I have decided to use the famous
March 28, 2016
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Events
Cuban Experience # 1
Here’s my take on this beautiful experience, as it appeared in Dance Beat May 2014 Download here: Cuban Experience I Dance Beat May 2014
May 8, 2014
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People
Who was Robert (Bobby) M. Medeiros?
Excerpts from Ballroom Icons © Brigitt Mayer-Karakis England, beset with etiquette tenets and rules of conduct, and the U.S., the land of freedom of expression,
October 21, 2013
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Places
Three weeks in Cuba by Monsieur Pierre – 1947
This is transcribed verbatim from an article that appeared 1947 in the Star Program (provided by Keith Morris). Video material: courtesy of Paul Harris London,
June 25, 2013
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She ain’t heavy she’s my partner
Many many times I have heard this from people of all levels. The cause of this I hinted at during my last article. Many articles on these pages are based from a man’s stand point. In this one I have tried to give the ladies view point as well. Normally this is on the inside of an open reverse turn i.e. an open telemark. I hinted at it in my last little bit of writing that caused a “war and peace” type debate with Benoit Papineau.
April 2, 2013
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How the mambo became the cha-cha-cha By Patsy Holden
This article first appeared in the Examiner (www.examiner.com) How the mambo became the cha-cha-cha and the mambo dance craze of the 50s On December 12,
February 13, 2013
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Who was Alex Moore MBE? By Brigitt Mayer-Karakis
Alex Moore possessed talents that made him known as “the Pope of ballroom dancing.” A great communicator with an analytical mind and photographic memory, he used those skills to analyze movement, put his findings on paper and communicate them to the dance-world in his monthly newsletter, Monthly Letter Service (MLS).
January 7, 2013
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Wolfgang and Evelyn Opitz in a segue show 1971, the early disco era By Brigitt Mayer-Karakis
Here you can see how the beat and disco era influenced the movements of the Latin dances. Also if you look at the feature image
August 19, 2012
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