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I know I haven’t posted at all lately, but I’ve been busy.  Work and dance essentially.  Last weekend, my dance partner and I took part in the Chicago DanceSport Challenge and did pretty dang well.  In American Rhythm we received 5 first place finishes (0nly 2 of which were uncontested, the rest were against 2 [...]

That iconic line from the movie “Dirty Dancing” was probably one of the most awkward moments I’ve ever seen translated to the stage. I’ll set the scene: The talent show participants are singing the Kellerman’s Anthem when you catch a glimpse of Johnny’s shadow, everyone goes silent and after what seems an interminable amount of time [...]

Well I’m done dancing for the weekend.  All in all it was quite fun and I’m proud of our results. Today we got twelve firsts, four seconds and three thirds.  For full disclosure our firsts were when we danced unopposed, but the judges have the discretion to place you lower if you don’t measure up.  [...]

Well we finished 2nd in the amateur showdance competition (of course there were only two couples in our contest).  I guess the other couple have been dancing together for years.  One of the nice things about solos is that you also get written comments from the judges and they were very positive.  Of course my [...]

Posts have definitely been sporadic lately, but I’ve been very busy and now is pretty much the culmination of why.  I’m currently sitting in a hotel room in Merrillville, Indiana awaiting the start of the Indiana Challenge Dancesport Competition.  Tonight my partner and I dance in the Amateur Showdance category and tomorrow all day in [...]

Expo2007_-20 Originally uploaded by Kimari. Here you have it. A photo of our Samba at Chicago Dance’s annual Dance Expo from last Sunday. It was a blast. Now we begin working on competition routines for Indiana Challenge in February. Oh dear! I glued every one of those rhinestones onto that dress (and there are still [...]

As a female amateur ballroom dancer, the holy grail seems to be finding an amateur male partner.  Now, through the studio, I know lots of guys that take classes and love to go out dancing, but ones that have the enthusiasm and drive to perform/compete and put in the practice time required are rather thin on [...]

Anyone who has come here in the past month or so is apt to hear the sound of crickets.  Between work and dance I’ve been running on fumes.  Of course it’s not really stopping (a testament to that fact is that I am currently at work and have been since 10 am this morning).  Anyway, [...]

Today is the first performance of  Chicago Dance’s "Blast from the Past!" at the Athenaeum Theater.  Wish me luck.  I’ve already got my fake nails (bright red)  in place and it’s making typing REALLY difficult!   

What the heck was this guy thinking?  To sum up.  A group of people dancing to some oldies at a bar.  One guy decides to grab one of the girls and perform a swing aerial dance move (unbeknownst to her).  He tosses her in the air and she lands on her head, with a skull [...]