I spent the past few days perusing various message boards on ballet and found some interesting ideas on practice. Some beginning adult ballet dancers were advised not to practice by more veteran dancers/teachers. Why? The more experienced people felt that practicing can instill bad habits or poor technique ingrained in muscle memory; going to class [...]

A few days ago, one of the search terms that led someone here was “why is muscle memory important.” The search term led me to think about why is muscle memory important. Many commonplace things we do are a result of muscle memory. Typing, walking, etc. Imagine if you had to make a very conscious [...]

My Bharatanatyam class performed a dance yesterday; to your left is a photo of me all decked out my costume. The show was lovely; it’s nice to see such talented dancers. I have a lot of work to catch up on, due the extra rehearsals and losing Sunday to the show, but here are some [...]

At my Bharatanatyam class yesterday, our teacher mentioned that some dancers from another class would join as at the beginning of our dance. The reason was that, although there are 11 of us, we simply cannot fill one gigantic stage. What intrigued me on this is that I’ve heard the same thing about Middle Eastern [...]

The details are updated.  It’ll be held in MIT Kresge Auditorium on October 10, 2010, 12 noon. Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam, and Odissi will be performed. I’ve never been or performed in this particular show, but I hear very positive things. I’m going to be in it with my class. Share on beboBlog this!Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this [...]

Meiver is having her show on August 18th at 8:00 PM in the Cambridge Multicultural Center. The show will benefit an organization called Matahari that works against the exploitation of people. Triveni Dance school is holding their student concert on October 10th. It’ll feature Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam, and Odissi. Details TBA I’ll be in both Share [...]

I’ve always been at a weird spot with dance. I don’t lie about it being a part of my life, but I also don’t share it. The reasons are simply people are judgmental and often will say offensive/ignorant things that indicate that they aren’t willing to learn about the styles I dance. Because everyone is [...]

Dance stuff that’s going on around the area in the upcoming months. Ranya workshop. I am attending this event in RI on the 27th of February. To tell you the truth, I know very little about Ranya, except my friends have raved about her. She has a very well-reputed Beledi DVD and is supposed to [...]

I’ve started taking Bharatanatyam again, a classical Indian dance. I’ve had on and off experience with Bharatanatyam starting in 2005. I switched to Odissi after a summer of Bhartanatyam. I studied Odissi for 2 years. Once I went to Chicago, I couldn’t find an Odissi teacher, which was remarkable to me; Chicago has a huge [...]

I have been looking at what search terms bring people here. One of the searches is “don’t like my dance studio.” I’m not sure what the person who was searching for it hopes to find, but I suspect maybe advice on what to do. My first question is why s/he doesn’t like the dance studio. [...]