The Standard Dancing Pyramid Back when we were teenagers, our Standard dance coach at the time introduced us to the Standard Dancing Pyramid. It was a great way to understand the different styles of Standard dancing and how they relate to each other. Also, the Standard Dancing Pyramid provided us with a better understanding of different teachers’ backgrounds, which gave …
A 10 Dance Hairstyle that works perfectly for Latin and Standard! How often are 10 Dancers caught in this situation? The organizers of the competition decided to hold the Latin and the Standard events on the same day! Or, the competition is only a one day event? Or finally, the organizers are actually offering a 10 Dance competition, which means …
For students just starting out, buying your first real pair of womens ballroom shoes can be a daunting thing. There are so many brands, so many different types, so many different heels! In our many years of teaching, we have offered buying advice to hundreds of students on their first serious pair of dance shoes. Now, we want to …
In Part One of our Buyer’s Guide to Womens Ballroom Shoes, we discussed what makes womens ballroom shoes so unique. We also discussed the differences between International Standard shoes and American Smooth shoes, and took a look at the front of the shoe, the toe box. For Part Two, we are going to break down the heel, the colors, …
Happy June! We know it’s been awhile since we’ve published a blog post, and that’s because we were laser-focused on our training for the Blackpool Dance Festival! Well, now that the festival is over and we’re in Bulgaria for a bit of R&R, we have a little more time to publish a post. Unfortunately, our results at the Blackpool Dance …
We are at the airport on our ways home from the 2019 USA Amateur National Dancesport Championships. It’s an ungodly hour in the morning and while we sit here struggling to keep our eyes open, we can’t help but reminisce on the competition this last weekend. This competition is special, in that we don’t have to dance. We travel to …
By this time, it should be a well-known fact that it’s impossible to achieve any fragment of success dancing Latin if you don’t know how to apply fake tanning. Unless you’re natural skin color is exceptionally dark, knowing how to apply fake tanning is of absolute necessity. So in today’s post, we’re going to go through the process professional latin …
Earlier in the month, we published an article about developing self-love. This time, we wanted to flip the coin and look at the uglier side – fighting during dance practice. More precisely, we wanted to give you some no-nonsense tips to help you get along with each other better during dance practice. Let’s face it, dancers fight… some of us, …
Broken makeup can be a real pain in the butt. With all of the travelling we do, broken makeup was a constant scourge of ours. It was always so frustrating to arrive at the competition and open our makeup bags… only to find powder EVERYWHERE! But notice, I am using this in the past tense. And do you know why? …
It’s just as important for male dancers to apply makeup and tanning as it is for female latin dancers! While it might be true that the application of men’s makeup is not as complex as for ladies, and they certainly don’t have to tan as much, they still need to learn. Of course, men don’t get as much day …