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June 2008 eNewsletter

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Adventures In Dance
in the Woodlawn Shopping Center
1500 W. Littleton Blvd. Littleton, Colorado 80120
 
Phone
720-276-0562 
Greetings!
 
Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter. We have lots of tips, jokes and information it the sections below. Remember that the best compliment is a referral. So feel free to print out the coupon at the bottom to give away! And as always, dance with happy feet.
Holly Collins
 
Upcoming Events
June Events
Group classes
Dance Tips

June Events!

 Wild on Littleton    Block Party  Saturday June 14th 6-10 pm
 
Colorado Star Ball, June 20-22. Call for details. 720-276-0562
 
Summer soiree Showcase & Dinner dance,
Saturday July 19th. 
 

And where to dance!

 
the Old Mill Brewery hosting Frank E and more! Thursdays-Saturdays!
5798 S Rapp St
Littleton, C.O. 80120
 
Fat Frog Cafe
2530 W Main St
Littleton CO  80120 Hosting The Cottonwood club
June 27
July 25
Jokes
20  Ways To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.

2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise   Your Voice.

3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something,   ask If They Want Fries with that.

4.   Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label it   "In".

5.   Put Decaf In The   Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks  Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their   Caffeine Addictions,   Switch to Espresso.

6   In The Memo Field Of All Your   Checks , Write   "   For Smuggling Diamonds".

7.   Finish All Your sentences with   "In Accordance With The Prophecy".

8.   Don't use any punctuation.

9.   As Often As Possible,   Skip  Rather Than Walk.

10. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat,   with a serious face.

11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is   "To Go".

12. Sing Along At The Opera.

13.   Go To A Poetry Recital. And Ask   Why The Poems Don't Rhyme?

14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area and   Play tropical Sounds All Day.

15. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because
You're   Not In the Mood.

16. Have Your Co-workers Address You By Your Wrestling Name,   Rock Bottom.

17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream   "I Won! I Won!"

18. When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking lot, Yelling
"Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!"

19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner,   "Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go."

20. And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity ...

Send This E-mail To Someone To Make Them Smile.

Its Called ...   therapy.


Jumping June bugs!
Group classes- Embrace Dance today
  • Mondays: Cardio Latino!  7pm    ( this is a blast through all the Latin dances with non stop movement,)
  • Wednesdays:  Club Dances! 8 pm June will feature the Hot and happening Hustle! Get that Saturday night fever as you burn the floor with your hot new moves!
  • Thursdays :Beginning Ballroom,7PM  June will be the Foxy Foxtrot. Embrace this fun and flirty dance as you stroll off to dance!
  • Formation Performance Team Thursdays 7PM
  • Fridays Beginning Salsa& More,7PM June will be the club merengue. Take a trip south of the border with this simple and sexy salsa dance! 
  • Salsa & More !8PM June will be the sexy sultry Samba. Take a trip to brazil with this buoyant dance!  

Our Price:

$12.50 Drop in per person per session
or $100 for a 10 punch card, saving $25 over the 10 groups! 
Dance Tips
The Seven habits of Highly enjoyable dancers!


What sets apart the average dancer from the enjoyable dancer, the dancer you could dance with again and again without getting bored, the kind that leaves you thinking about the dance for days? Here are my top seven, the intangible qualities that distinguish the person who is a dancer in every sense of the word. Though many of these qualities overlap, and it is often difficult to separate one from the other, these qualities are the keys to a deeply satisfying social dance experience.
-Connection. Partner dancing of any kind is a conversation. A conversation requires the input and teamwork of two people. You can't have a conversation if only one person speaks while the other listens. Instead, a conversation requires a constant give and take, call and response. Connection means a responsiveness to the other person, creating a dance that compliments the two of you. It also means forming a connection with the other person, being open to their interpretation of the music, their style of movement, their personality on the dance floor. This acceptance and trust is required of all dancers, from beginners to professionals. It is the glue that holds the dance together.
-Lead & Follow. Leading and following are each unique skill sets that require much knowledge and practice. Leading well requires attention to the technical details of the dance, including the precise placement of the body and its parts, correct timing of the leads, and a constant creativity to connect the movements together to create a cohesive dance. Following, on the other hand, requires a deep responsiveness, an acceptance of the lead, technical precision in the angles of the turns and spins, and a unique interpretation and styling within the moves that are led. When the leader and the follower are committed to their roles in the partnership, there is an electric energy that flows between them. But this can't happen without the basic framework of the dance: the basic structure of the steps and the music as well as the techniques required of both leader and follower.
-Body Movement. No two bodies move the same. The body movement of each person - from the ankles and feet to the knees and hips to the ribcage and shoulders - are like the uniqueness of a fingerprint. Blindfold an experienced social dancer and have them dance with five different people that he or she has danced with on a regular basis, and he or she will be able to identify each one immediately based on their body movement. Though technique can teach a dancer to move their body smoothly, they will still develop their own unique style of movement based on their level and type of training, previous movement experience, personality, and tastes. Though an experienced dancer may change his or her body movement to a certain extent based on their mood and the feel of the music, he or she still maintains a unique style of body movement that may be remembered by their partner long after the dance is over.
-Musicality. If partner dancing is a conversation, then the song that is playing is the topic of the conversation. The music provides the tempo, sets the mood, and inspires the moves, the syncopations, and the styling. It allows two people to come together and explore its elements together, each sharing their own bodily interpretation of the music. As with body movement, each person has a unique interpretation of the song that can't be replicated, not by another person or by the same person with the same song at a later time. Each dance is (or should be) a spontaneous creation in response to the richness and complexity of the music. This comes not just from knowledge of the music, but from a deep love for the music that comes from constant listening, adoring, exploring, and meditating.
-Building. You wouldn't reveal intimate details of your life to a person at the very beginning of a conversation, and the best dancers don't do so at the beginning of a song. Music also follows this principle; songs don't begin with the most exciting parts at the beginning and then slow down at the end. Music builds. It starts out with a few verses and the first chorus and introduces itself, little by little, hinting at what is to come. In many salsa songs, for example, this developing and building happens until a minute and a half to two minutes into the song, when the music explodes and all that was hinted at lets loose and reveals itself. This is where the musicians break free and improvise, and the music starts kicking. These principles that apply to conversation and music also apply to dancing. The enjoyable leaders don't pull out a bunch of fancy moves as soon as they start dancing, trying to impress their partner with the number of moves they know and how fast they can spin their partner. Instead, they get to know their partner and the music, and build in intensity as the connection and the music build.
-Expression. Every choice we make in life influences as well as expresses who we are. Dancing is no different. The way we dance - from our body movement to our musicality to our connection with others - expresses our personality and our values. In turn, our movement and musical choices also influence us and become part of who we are. It is this merging of body and mind, dance and identity, that makes dance so exciting and satisfying. The creativity and self-expression that allows us to know ourselves as well as others is a unique aspect of any spontaneous creative or physical endeavor. Dancers who are trying to impress an audience or who are too self-conscious of their appearance fail to connect with their partner in a cooperative act of expression. Instead, it is the honest dancers that are a joy to their partners and their audience.
-Enjoyment. There are many qualities that come together to create the enjoyable dancer, but the ultimate requirement is the enjoyment of the dance, the in-the-moment quality that makes time stand still and fly by all at the same time. The ultimate purpose of pursuing the study of social dance - from the techniques of leading and following to the understanding of the music to the practice of moves and combinations and syncopations - is the maximum enjoyment of dancing for its own sake. This only happens when the dancer looks beneath the outward "cool" factor of salsa or tango and instead pursues the deeper aspects of connection, physicality, musicality and expression. That dancer is not motivated by fame or attention or bragging rights but by a deeper attraction to molding a unique creation with another person that can never be repeated. This one-of-a-kind unique experience - repeated hundreds of times over many years - is the joy of the truly enjoyable dancer.

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