Layers upon layers of tanning cream. Bronzing powder. Makeup. Deodorant, perfume. And sweat. Lots and lots of sweat. Our costumes, as beautiful and expensive as they may be, go through a lot. And let’s face it – after hours of dancing and fighting for the gold, sometimes our costumes just stink. I don’t know about you, but I definitely want …
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Hey girls! Doing your own competitive ballroom makeup can seem scary! All that black eyeshadow, how much to blend your makeup into your tan, and false eyelashes! Luckily, Kora Stoynova is here to the rescue! Kora has been ballroom dancing since she was 5 years old and doing her own makeup since she was 12. She also does competition …
Our trip to compete at the Portland Open Dance Competition was a whirlwind. Really, everything is right now. We’re preparing to compete at the Blackpool Dance Festival, the world’s largest, one of the longest-run, and most prestigious ballroom competition. Anyway, we use Portland as a warm up comp for Blackpool. Most couples like to head over to England early. They …
Last weekend we headed down to LA with our studio to attend the Emerald Ball Dancesport Championships. This competition is one of the largest in the USA for Professional, if not always in numbers, certainly in prestige. I have to say, Wayne and Donna Eng, the organizers, run this competition so well. I love the stage and presentation of the …
We are here at the Emerald Ball Dancesport Championships in Los Angeles, CA. This competition, one of the largest in the USA, is held at the LAX Hilton on Century Blvd. The hotel is literally blocks from LAX Airport, making it a great choice if you want to stay in a beautiful and classy hotel and yet easily get back …
Ballroom Dancing is one of those forms of dance where we don’t have to fit a single body aesthetic. In that sense, we’re lucky. But we do need to be in shape. Whether you’re tall and skinny or short and curvy, that’s ok. No matter your body type, you need to be in be best shape possible. That takes time, …
Texture and sculpture. This is the #1 ballroom dancing hairstyle trend of 2018 and you need to be doing it for your next comp. You could hire someone to do your hair at competitions. It’s easy, you don’t need to travel with anything. But at over $100 each time, that can add up. And what happens if you go to a …
We are heading off for L.A., and as always, we like to travel like dancers. It’s not a goal to broadcast to the world that we’re dancers. But after so many years of training, it’s definitely hard to turn off the dancer mentality. Being a dancer is 24/7, right? That’s the whole idea behind a #dancerslifestyle. So we like to …