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Adventures
In Dance
in the Woodlawn
Shopping Center
1500 W. Littleton
Blvd. Littleton,
Colorado 80120
Phone
720-276-0562
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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
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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!
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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
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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.
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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!
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Dance
Tips
The Seven habits of
Highly enjoyable
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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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