Just realized that I have spent the weekend with two of my favorite sadists: Eddie Ares and Jillian Michaels. Yesterday, Daniel and I attended Eddie’s “Creating Impact” workshop at Academy Ballroom. It was a fast & furious 90 minutes of rumba and cha-cha exercises focused on making our dancing stronger, sharper, and faster. Very little …
Category Archive: lessons
Jul
12
Better Than Chipotle
We had our first lesson today with Wayne Brockman at Academy Ballroom Cumberland. Wayne is a certified adjudicator with 3 decades of competitive experience. A year ago, he left his successful studio in Colorado in his daughter’s hands and came to Georgia to teach with his sister. We are glad he’s here! The lesson was …
Jul
10
Preparing for SouthernStar Midsummer Classic
Our registration form for this year’s SouthernStar Midsummer Classic in Tampa went out in the mail today, so it’s official–we are going! By the end of the month we also expect to register for the Derby City DanceSport Championship in Louisville, KY. It’s going to be a busy few weeks but we’re looking forward to …
Jun
29
Poll: Fall Workshop Ideas
At last night’s dance we floated the idea of offering a workshop in conjunction with one of our upcoming dances, probably in early fall. We want to get some feedback about what people are interested in. We are considering offering 2 or 3 one-hour workshop sessions in the afternoon, followed by a dinner break, and …
Jun
28
Chicken arms, beach balls, and a sharp poke in the knee
I spent 2 hours yesterday at a workshop at Academy Ballroom in Atlanta learning tango technique from Eddie Ares & Nancy Senner and spins/turns technique for Latin & Rhythm from Jorge Morales. It was lots of hard work for brain and body but so worth it. Watching experts like Eddie, Nancy, and Jorge break down …
Apr
24
Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way
Daniel couldn’t make it to Paula‘s class last night, so I went on my own. It was a great class–Paula and Jim are really pushing everybody to work on technique and styling. We worked on rumba and cha-cha and Jim drilled us on Cuban motion and on the different types of chassés (he called them …