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USA Dance-Minnesota #2011 Membership at near record levels! Nic Westlake & Neli Petkova take flight during a playful Quickstep at Yoga for Dancers Dancers Studio Summer Showcase.
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4. Minutes – Motion was made, seconded and In attendance: Lee Whitney (President), Ed Soltis An Official Publication of unanimously approved to accept the minutes from (Vice-President), Leslie Whitney (Secretary), Dan the April board meeting. USA Dance-Minnesota Chapter #2011 Fitzgerald, Karen Maldonado, Carol Post, Joyce Thompson, Tom Crable, Gary Stroick 5. Treasurer’s Report Motion was made, seconded and unanimously Location: DanceLife Ballroom Studio, 6015 approved to accept the April treasurer’s report. Lyndale Avenue South, Mpls., MN 55419 Ed and Joyce will work with Jane to create a
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#2011 was formed in 1991. Membership in USA April 2014 - 143 2. Policy Modifications - Motion was made, second- Dance is open to dancers of all levels. April 2015 - 365 ed and unanimously approved to rescind the follow-
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6 MD / July 2015 www.usadance-minnesota.org ______PRESIDENT’S CORNER By Leland Whitney, President, USA Dance Minnesota Chapter #2011
SA Dance Minnesota Chapter #2011 The lowest membership occurred on the last U membership continues steady growth. day of December, 2013, when we had 98 members. Today we have 396 members, a Since January, 2014, membership has re- 304% increase since December, 2013, and a mained steady or has grown every month, 167% increase over last year at the end of other than the expected annual decrease in June! the month of December, when all competi- tive dancer memberships expire on the last day of the year.
I anticipate this growth to temporarily slow for a couple of months because some of the July through November, 2014, increase cor- As this Minnesota Dancer issue is being relates with the 2014 USA Dance Minnesota distributed, Leland and Leslie Whitney will Chapter #2011 Board election. have just competed at the USA Dance Sen- ior IV National Championships held in late June in Baton Rouge, LA. They will com- pete in Smooth and Rhythm Champion- ships. This is the first year they are eligible to compete in this age group.
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EDITOR’S COLUMN By Bonnie Burton
Don’t look at me like that. We’ve all done it. learned that having a group of like-minded friends, whether social or competitive danc- The passion builds and soon enough, you find ers, helps us stay motivated. It allows us to you cannot get enough. You want to dance support others, and others to encourage us, all the time – every day seems just about and I think it helps to increase everyone’s right! It’s become an infatuation and dance is skill levels. your new lover. You go to dances, try all manner of group classes, join formation Take a break. It’s okay! Really! You may groups, take private lessons, you attend com- benefit from a little vacation from dance. petitions, and read Lynne’s Dance News Give yourself some time off and a chance to religiously. miss it. Some of our dance breaks were Bonnie Burton is Editor of Minnesota forced on us due to injuries, others were con- Dancer Magazine. She and her husband But after a while, the novelty begins to wear scious decisions. In all cases, they were ben- Ed Soltis compete next at the Gumbo off. You realize that to become a REALLY eficial. DanceSport Championships in Baton good dancer, it will take a very long time, and Rouge, LA, before they take a brief dance a LOT of money. Some ballroom dancers Try again. After your break, whether it’s break to go on vacation this summer. may drop out at this stage. Others will seek right now, tomorrow, or next year, there’s more efficient and cost effective ways to always another opportunity to try. continue their dance education. his month’s ‘Doctor Dance’ column What stage of dance are you in? What are T poses an interesting question: a ball- Then, some dancers eventually begin to expe- some things that have helped you to over- room dancer who has become bored with rience burn-out, also known as a dance come a dance slump? I’d love to hear about dance is wondering what to do. Coinci- slump. The novelty has worn off, boredom is your experiences! Email me at: dentally, several dance friends - serious setting in, and you realize you’ve lost the [email protected] . dancers - have recently expressed to me that spark. they also feel ambivalent or lackadaisical We have other great articles in Minnesota about their dance hobby. What can be done? This month’s Dr. Dance Dancer this month, too! Marty Faeh writes column describes some great suggestions to about taking a dance break and making a few What’s going on?? overcome a dance slump. changes; Paul Stachour brings us the next article in our ‘Lead or Follow or Both’ series; It seems there are dance stages or phases, Here are a few things that have worked for Jeff Ringer shares showcase highlights and many of us go through. Sort of like the Ed and me: photos; Linda Crable tells us how yoga can ‘terrible twos’, but with fewer temper tan- benefit dancers; and Suzi Blumberg brings us trums, hopefully. Variety really helps. Try a new group wonderful ballroom history with a feature dance class or learn a new dance; join a for- article about the Jerry O’Hagan Orchestra. It starts with the desire to dance, or perhaps a mation group; dance in a showcase; try com- need to learn to dance for an event, such as peting; volunteer to help one of the local Happy reading and happy dancing! for a wedding. The first time you walk into a dance clubs. Heck, I’ve done them all and studio, there is often uncertainty, self- even tried learning to lead! consciousness, and perhaps a little intimida- tion about one’s ability to learn. If you have Focus on what’s good right now. Consider a good teacher, you very quickly come to the opportunities you have, and the things enjoy the positive reinforcement they pro- you do right. Try to avoid unreasonable ex- vide. The rush of endorphins, those ‘feel- pectations, such as ‘I should be learning fast- good’ hormones, and positive feelings that er’. Be gentle with yourself and enjoy where accompany your lessons may become addic- you’re at. tive. Dance appears deceptively easy and you feel you have this one – you’ll master Like-minded friends. Ed and I have made this in a few easy lessons! some wonderful dance friends and we’ve
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ASK DR. DANCE Submit your questions to Dr. Dance at [email protected].
I’ve been a ballroom dancer for many years now. I dance mostly pro-am with my instructor. Q: Lately, I’ve found myself getting bored and losing interest in dancing. What can I do to rekindle my interest and feel the passion for dancing that I felt in the past?
Donna says: We all go through periods appeals to you about dancing. Is it learning Talk to your teacher about your feelings. of being more excited about dancing, and something new, the camaraderie of dancing Perhaps some updated choreography is in then reaching plateaus. It's a normal part of friends, recognition, reaching goals, the feel order. Focus on a particular aspect of your dancing. of the movement itself, etc. dancing that you are unhappy about and try to improve that. Everyone finds their spark in different ways. If you can connect with the elements that fill Sometimes adding a different form of move- your soul, you'll be able to see what might Take some coaching (with your teacher) ment like yoga or Pilates can re-energize be missing. Or perhaps you've now reached from somebody new to get a different per- your dancing. a place where you are fulfilled by dancing in spective and maybe that will rekindle your different ways than you have been in the past interest. If you've always done the same Sometimes learning an entirely new form of and it will take a bit of internal work to fig- competitions, maybe something totally dif- dance like Argentine tango, ballet, or hip ure it out. ferent will spark your interest. hop will help you make connections in new ways. Good luck in rediscovering your love of If you are truly bored with your dancing, it dance! just means you are not learning anything Or new choreography, moving up a level, new and you don't feel improvement. If you trying a new style, working with a different Paul says: It is not unusual to feel that address those issues, chances are your per- coach, or adding an amateur partner can way! Maybe it's time to try a different style, spective will undergo a change for the posi- reignite you. International instead of American, for in- tive. stance. Take the time to think about what really Good luck and keep dancing!
Donna Edelstein is a coach, Paul Botes is a dance instruc- judge, and organizer of the Snow tor, coach, choreographer, Ball DanceSport Competition. and judge. He is an owner of [email protected] American Classic Ballroom, located in Chanhassen, MN.
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ensure proper alignment in poses and can and shoulders. Taking the sides of the neck result in injury due to lack of strength. When back is like the analogy of a man tying a tie - practicing slower, hatha-style sequences, keeping the head balanced over the shoulders postures can be modified to make them safe for a good dance frame. and accessible to everyone. Chair Pose, especially when done with a As adult learners, we feel we should get block between the thighs and the toes lift- things right away and then get frustrated ed, strengthens the feet, ankles, calves, when we don’t. As life-long learners, there’s knees, buttocks and thighs. When you keep Linda and her husband Tom are perfor- so much more to dancing than just getting the knees hip-width apart you work the mance ballroom dancers who have been the steps down. By adding yoga to your inseam of the leg and the quadriceps mus- dancing since 2002. They enjoy dance de- dance training, you can strengthen the arches cles on the front of the legs. This pose mos and showcases and recently performed of the feet and the ankles for better stability, brings you the awareness of keeping your with the Viennese Waltz Formation Team the upper back and arms to hold the dance hips level. A level pelvis and bent knees for the Habsburgs exhibit. Information frame more comfortably without relying on are important especially in waltz for a about her yoga class schedules is available your partner. more powerful push off step and also in on her website at www.newuyoga.net. tango. Focusing on alignment, thoughtful form, and moving slowly by simplifying and slowing Balancing postures help develop focus, oing yoga can lead to better dancing, things down is so much more work. Slow strength, stamina, poise and coordination. D more muscle strength, joint stability yoga takes the emphasis off accomplishing Tree Pose puts all the weight on the stand- and inner focus. something and puts it more on experiencing ing leg to improve stability, open the something. Fast and intense may serve for a shoulders, chest, thighs and hips. On the A couple of years ago my husband Tom and time but it is unsustainable as we age and will bent leg side it is a hip opener. You can I visited Paris; while we were there we went inevitably require some re-evaluation. For it modify this pose by standing with your to see the Eiffel Tower. I was inspired by is in the slowness of our lives where we are back to a wall with your fingertips placed this graceful and balanced structure. From a able to perceive its worth. People are discov- on the wall for support. distance you see this simple, elegant shape ering again that yoga is not necessarily some- and its energy seems to be lifting up to the thing you do to yourself so much as some- Crescent or High Lunge stretches the sky. Up close of course, the inner workings thing you do with yourself. Many of the same hips and the psoas muscle on the front of and supports are very complex. alignment principles apply to dancing. the body. It builds stability in the legs and feet, as well as muscular endurance. This is When we practice our dance steps, we may Yoga teaches us how to use the muscles in helpful for taking a longer stride in waltz, not feel very graceful at times. But as we our body in a more systematic way. In the foxtrot, tango and Viennese waltz. learn to focus and observe, we are constantly standing postures we create a stable founda- making minute internal adjustments to create tion, increase the power, strength and stabil- Plank Pose or Forearm Plank strength- an outwardly beautiful shape. The longer we ity in the legs and help with spatial aware- ens the legs, back, abdominals, shoulders, dance as our energy shifts from just doing ness. arms and wrists. In this posture you are footwork, we can feel a little lighter, a little holding up your own body weight. This more balanced and maybe we move with a One pose that is found in every class is can be modified if you don’t have much little more ease as well. This is also what Mountain Pose as it is very grounding. strength in your arms at first. I like to place happens when you do yoga. Some of the benefits of this pose are that it the bottoms of my feet on a wall or couch aligns the spine, opens the chest, improves to provide resistance and help me to stay in Many people think that flexibility is some- posture (does your dance teacher ever discuss proper alignment as I hold the pose. thing you need in order to attend a yoga posture in your lesson?). When you take the class. While helpful, flexibility does not thighs back, you line up your pelvis, rib cage (Continued next page.)
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COMPETITION CALENDAR
(Yoga, continued from previous page.) July 9-11, 2015
Cobra Pose is done lying on your belly Twin Cities Open Ballroom Championships and coming into a baby backbend. This pose Hosted by Scott and Amy Anderson in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN improves posture, opens the chest, shoulders Sep 12, 2015 and throat. It lengthens the spine, increases Kansas City Dance Classic spinal flexibility, and strengthens the lower back. More strength in the back can help Organized by Matt & Ellen Pansing, Overland Park, KS with holding your dance frame more com- Sep 25-27, 2015 fortably. New England DanceSport Championships – NQE 2016 Reclined Twist stretches the spine and Hosted by MASSabda Chapter #3002, Waltham, MA shoulders, strengthens the lower back, and Oct 2-4, 2015 opens the hips and chest. I like to add a Carolina Fall Classic - NQE (2016) block between the thighs in order to use the inseam of the legs which leads to better en- Organized by Wayne & Marie Crowder, Charlotte, NC gagement of the lowest abdominal muscles. Oct 30–Nov 1, 2015 The twisting postures can relieve tension in Chicago DanceSport Challenge – NQE 2016 the lower back and help with CBM (contra Hosted by Chicagoland USA Dance Chapter #2001, Chicago, IL body movement) used in promenade posi- tion or outside partner. Nov 7, 2015 California State DanceSport Championship – NQE 2016 Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body. Graceful and elegant are two of Hosted by NorCal Chapter #4004, San Jose, CA my favorite words. Moving toward some- Nov 21-22, 2015 thing that is beautiful, well-formed and National Collegiate DanceSport Championships moves with ease continues to be my goal, Hosted by USA Dance National, Columbus, OH and practicing yoga has given me more strength and balance to get me there. Jan 8-10, 2016 Snow Ball Competition Hosted by Donna Edelstein, Minneapolis, MN
Jan 15-17, 2016 Manhattan Amateur Classic (The MAC) – NQE 2016 Hosted by Greater New York Chapter #3004, Secaucus, NJ
Jan 30, 2016 PDX Ballroom Classic – NQE 2016 Hosted by Portland, OR, USA Dance Chapter #1006, Tigard, OR
Feb 20-21, 2016 Mid-Atlantic Championships—NQE 2016 Hosted by Mid-Eastern USA Dance Chapter #6001, Bethesda, MD
Apr 1-3, 2016 2016 National DanceSport Championships USA Dance National Championships to be held in Baltimore, MD
12 MD / July 2015 www.usadance-minnesota.org ______The Dancing Life: Staying Conscious for Smooth Transitions
By Elizabeth Dickinson
fter several years away from dancing Rahe stress inventory http://www.stress.org/ A International Standard, the closed holmes-rahe-stress-inventory/ work in my American smooth routines began to suffer, so my teacher and I started Most of the top stressors are unambiguous- to incorporate more standard work ly stressful (divorce, family death or illness, again. (I love standard, too, so it’s not a etc.) However, attendees are sometimes hardship.) surprised that what we think of as fortunate occurrences also are stressful. For instance, One of the trickiest things about closed events like outstanding personal achieve- work in smooth is getting in and out of ment or recovery from illness may force closed hold. It never seems as difficult if unanticipated consequences, and a reap- you’re always in hold (as in Standard), but praisal of our life path. it feels a lot more difficult if you’re con- Elizabeth Dickinson is a life/executive stantly in and out of hold. In life and dance, questions arise during coach and amateur ballroom dancer. If small and large transitions. Will I get there? you enjoy her writing and would like to Part of the challenge is not going How does this new move change my rela- receive her weekly emailed coaching ‘unconscious’ during transitions. In dance tionship to myself and others? Am I in the newsletter, contact her at: I find there are certain transitional mo- right relationship to the other person? Will [email protected]. ments that don’t always register for me, it be easy to move again out of this transi- like a closed twinkle leading up to a more tion? What’s next? difficult open step. Know that the transition may be as im- I focus on the more difficult step, and am portant as “getting there”. This is true unaware that how I produce the transitional whether the ‘there’ is a new dance position, twinkle (my set-up, direction, orientation, a new relationship, or a new job. balance) helps determine how successful the supposedly more difficult following Living inside the questions, staying present step is. to yourself and not going ‘unconscious’ during transitional moments helps deter- Life sometimes asks us to make constant mine your success in the next ‘there’…and small transitions, in addition to the large the next, and the next. ones (graduations, marriage, births, deaths). May we pursue our paths, staying con- scious as we aim for smooth transitions. Change in any form can be stressful. In a talk I give on stress, I reference the Holmes
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dance arrangements for $1.50 to $5.00 each. day nights from 8 to 9 PM. They were very Today, if you could find them, they would famous; Jules got his start as Lawrence cost least $50 each. Most of them have been Welk’s lead trumpet player in the late out of print for a long time. Jerry also wrote 1930’s. His wife, Lois Best Herman, was more arrangements, so the band had a large the original Champagne Lady for Lawrence repertoire. Welk’s Orchestra. Jules was based in the Twin Cities and was the host band at the During summer break, Jerry attended two Prom Ballroom, which held 2,500 people. It summer sessions at Berklee College of Mu- was huge! The Sunday night dance bought Suzi Blumberg is an avid social dancer and sic, located in Boston. That was the place to in 500-600 people. frequent contributor to Minnesota Dancer. go to study jazz. He graduated from Bemidji She works in sales for a digital forensic com- with a teaching degree in Music Education In 1974, Jules Herman would play Wednes- pany. She’s active in her church including and his first job was band director in a little day through Saturday at different ballrooms, dancing in a Hebrew worship dance team, town called Crystal, North Dakota. After and the Prom on Sunday night. There were gardening, and walking her two bichons. several years, he moved to Le Crescent MN, many working ballrooms all over the area. and became their band director. At both New Ulm had two or three ballrooms at one he Twin Cities dance community is schools, he taught 5th thru 12th grade stu- time and they are still there. lucky to have the Jerry O’Hagan Or- dents. During this time, he played in various T It was a full-time job playing with the Jules chestra. Jerry and his orchestra play at Cine- dance bands and also played in the La Crosse Herman Orchestra, and traveling Minnesota, ma Ballroom on the second and fourth Sun- Symphony Orchestra for three years. playing twenty gigs a month. They played day evenings of each month. I’ve been go- in Austin, New Ulm, Duluth, Worthington, ing to Sunday Nights at Cinema Ballroom Little Falls, St. Cloud, Fargo and more. At since Jerry started and it’s my favorite night one time there were more than 80 active of the month. ballrooms in Minnesota. Jerry enjoyed Jerry O’Hagan learned in high school that he playing in a band more than selling, but had musical ability. He became interested in sales paid better, so he went back and forth. playing clarinet as a sophomore. In the be- In 1990, Jerry was looking for a job and ginning of his junior year, he had to audition went to the State Employment office. He for the band and he became first chair – found a listing for ‘musician’. That was which was a big deal. He played a solo in a him, so he contacted the person, who turned music contest and he won! All his friends The Jerry O’Hagan Orchestra out to be a booking agent who wanted to put were planning to become engineers and he a band together to play at various events. planned on being one, too. And he is – a Jerry told him that he could put a band to- musical engineer. In 1970, he moved to the Twin Cities to work for Trestman Music Store in Richfield gether, if the guy could get bookings. He Jerry was sixteen years old the first time he selling musical instruments. Several years had the music library and the contacts, and played for money at a wedding dance in later, he went to work for a wholesaler in they decided on the name Time Machine. Northeast Minneapolis. Dances were usual- Chicago and sold instruments and accesso- Jerry contacted all the musicians he knew ly 9 PM - 1 AM. He made $8 for four hours ries to music stores in Minnesota, North and and eventually put the band together. They of work; he remembers playing a lot of pol- South Dakota, part of Wisconsin, and the rehearsed and met with the booking agent kas and people getting drunk. He’d go home Upper Peninsula of Michigan. who liked the sound. They needed demo and tell his mom and she was horrified. tapes, so Jerry sold his 1927 silver-plated Jerry started playing with the Jules Herman Conn Tenor Saxophone and used the money He had a big band in college in the early Orchestra in 1973. The Jules Herman Or- to pay for a recording session to make demo 1960’s at Bemidji State University that chestra was the best known band in Minne- tapes of the band. played at a few college functions. When he sota. They used to do a live radio broadcast formed his band, Jerry bought forty musical for an hour on WCCO AM Radio on Sun- (Continued next page)
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In early 1990, a typical Sunday at the Bel
Rae Ballroom had 200 ballroom dancers. The largest crowd at Cinema has been 140. WOULD YOU LIKE Jerry is pleased with the turnout. There’s ELECTRONIC DELIVERY more competition for the entertainment dol- lar than there used to be, although Jerry says OF people might be healthier if they ballroom MINNESOTA DANCER danced more. If you look at old photos of ballrooms dances, there would be thousands MAGAZINE? of people at some of the events. ere’s your opportunity to Jerry made several copies of the tapes for H switch to electronic delivery of the booking agent and started going around Ballroom dancing was a major recreational the Minnesota Dancer magazine. himself to ballrooms and other places. He activity up thru the late 40’s and it peaked visited the Monterey Ballroom in Owatonna during World War II. Wedding dances were You’ll get your copy of the newslet- ter sooner! Electronic delivery of the and found the owner liked the idea of book- big business in the late 50’s and Jerry en- newsletter occurs in advance of the ing a big band. He was a World War II Vet joyed playing for them. Dancing slowed mailed version. and a fan of the big band sound. But he down when television came around and started dying off in the 60’s and 70’s. In the didn’t like the name ‘Time Machine’ and Enjoy all the articles in color! The insisted on calling Jerry’s band the ‘Jerry mid-1970’s there were still a lot of ball- portable document format (pdf) ver- O’Hagan Orchestra’. rooms in MN. The business is much differ- sion will be emailed directly to you ent now than it was. and will provide the entire newsletter They played their first job in Owatonna in in color. Jerry is honored to be able to take the band July, 1990. Later, there was a booking at to the Grand Hotel in Mackinaw Island this To sign up, simply send an email to the Surf Ballroom at Clear Lake, IA, and fall to play for their annual Ballroom Dance [email protected] another from a booking agent to play a Weekend on October 9-11. Last year, sever- with the following message: “Please Christmas dance at St. Benedicts College in al local couples from the Cinema crowd sign me up for electronic delivery of Collegeville, MN Minnesota Dancer newsletter, instead followed him there. They play in a theatre of the paper version.” Remember to that is inside the hotel and the floor is bigger Jerry started playing in the TC area. One include your name and email address. year the band played 70 jobs! In 1993, an than Cinema Ballroom’s dance floor! This agent contacted him to play the casinos in year will be the group’s fourth time they’ve Mille Lacs and Hinckley and they played played there. Mackinaw Island doesn’t allow there for a number of years. They were cars; visitors arrive on a ferry and are met trying to entice the senior crowd, and Jerry with a horse drawn wagon that takes them to was perfect. The band also started playing the Grand Hotel. at college events and wedding receptions. The Twin Cities dance community is lucky Jerry played a gig at Cinema Ballroom to have the Jerry O’Hagan Orchestra, now in shortly after it opened and he really liked its 26th year, and its featured female vocalist the place. He got the idea that it would be Charmin Michelle, who sings in the style of nice to recreate the Sunday night dances he Billie Holliday. Jerry’s summer schedule at used to play with Jules at the Prom Ball- Cinema is the second and fourth Sunday room in St. Paul. They were very popular. starting with a free dance lesson at 6:15 PM, He met with owners Eileen Arcilla and Eric and a dance from 7-10 PM. You can check Hudson and they decided to give it a try. out his entire schedule on his website at That was eight years ago and it’s been a http://jerryoh.com. success ever since.
15 MD / July 2015 www.usadance-minnesota.org ______A Ballroom Dancer’s Reflections By Marty Faeh
t is with much emotion that I write my social or a competitive dancer. Again, you I final article for the Minnesota Dancer. believed in me and boosted my confidence What a journey this past six years has been, every time I stepped on the dance floor. I since I stepped into my first ballroom in the remember day one of our competition, when winter of 2009. But over time, things I was getting all second places, and getting change, and it’s time for a new journey. lots of advice, and getting more frustrated by the moment. Finally, you pulled me to the After multiple trips to Florida and another side and said “Marty, look at that guy who is one planned in October, I have decided to beating you. You have better timing, you Lisa’s first ballroom dance hang up my Pro-Am dance shoes temporarily have better technique, but he is having the and focus on relocating to Tampa, Florida. time of his life out there and that is why he is Marty Faeh While I don’t have a set timetable, I’ve be- taking all the first places, calm down, relax, gun the process of finding a new employer and just have fun!” It was at that point I and place to call home. I feel it’s fitting to knew I was a competitive dancer. We went say ‘thank you’, rather than say ‘good-bye’, on to take all first places on day two. That to my instructors, coaches, and the dance advice turned on the light bulb and prepared community friends I’ve met over the past me for the rest of my successful competition few years. experience and many championships to come. Thank You! Dear Kristina Lee, you were my first Ball- room instructor and believed in me when I Dear Michelle Haley Hudson, I spent three didn’t believe in myself. You will always be fabulous years at your beautiful Cinema a dear friend, regardless of where I call Ballroom and was blessed to call you my home. You taught me my first dance step and instructor during some of that time. You many more. You prepared me for my very opened my eyes to a new way of approach- first showcase, and my very first major dance ing my dance; basically, you had to tie the competition, where we placed in the finals race horse to a tree and teach me a better for smooth and rhythm, and won the Interna- way. You taught me how to practice smart- tional Standard Championship. You made it er, how to move with fluidity and grace, to easy for me to laugh at myself, have fun, understand that I have a partner, and to be stand up straight, and walk with confidence. aware of why we do what we do as a lead on You taught me more than you will ever the dance floor. But most importantly, one know, and for that I say ‘thank you’ for be- day you pulled me to the side and said, ing in my life, showing me there is a light we “Marty, be kind to yourself and enjoy this can all attain if we work for it, and for al- journey called ‘dance’, it’s not a race.” You ways being a friend I can confide and grow set me on a new path from that day forward with. and I light up every time I watch our Christ- mas Showcase dance videos. Thank you for Dear Jessica Restivo, while our dance time being a part of the showcases, the competi- was short, you taught me balance, you tions, winning the Top Gun award with you moved my dance forward, and you prepared and Kristina, and for your friendship. me for my very first FADS competition
when I was undecided if I wanted to be a (Continued next page)
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Kristina Lee & Marty Faeh With Heather Peterson Wudstrack Dancing with Kate Bratt
(Marty, continued)
Dear Nadine Messenger, I have hundreds couraged, and provided that boost when a You have taught and prepared me for so of hours of group class instruction with dancer needs it most. I am so thankful for much more than dancing as I set out on you. I looked forward to your classes: you the opportunity to meet, dance, and be your this new journey; more than you will ever were fun, you brought everyone’s energy friend. Thank you! know, and for that I am forever greatly to new levels, and you allowed us to ex- thankful. plore and push our boundaries in class as Dearest Kate Bratt, writing this one brings we learned to dance. You were flexible a tear to my eye. Words can never express Dearest coaches, dance professionals, and and roped me in (much deserved) but al- what the past two years have been like for dance friends, THANK YOU for being an ways in a constructive way, and with a me, working with you. From a judge pok- integral part of this dance journey. This is smile. Thank you. You provided me social ing me in the back at my first Jack & Jill, to a very special community and I will miss it dance confidence, how to have fun on a the past two wonderful years as my Pro-Am very much. I wish you all much success crowded dance floor, and a million laughs partner and instructor, we’ve had so much and encourage all of you to find and live that will be with me forever. fun and chemistry on the dance floor. your passion. In the meantime, I plan to be doing more social dancing so I’ll be seeing Dear Heather Peterson Wudstrack, it has We are two peas in a pod. We have shared you on the dance floor! ups and downs, injuries, life challenges and been such a joy to meet and dance with you. Sincerely, Marty From competition warm-ups to Fall Ball changes, and through thick and thin, your 2014, I always have fun dancing and learn- smile and that look only you can do, always ing new things from you. But most im- brought out my best dancing. portantly, you have always supported, en-
17 MD / July 2015 www.usadance-minnesota.org ______Who is Leading? Part of our ‘Lead or Follow or Both’ series. By Paul Stachour
right arm or shoulder, while the leader's right dance. Let’s consider how one can bring hand will be on the follow's left shoulder about such a role switch while dancing a blade. However, if you ever look closely at basic-box in the rumba. To assist in under- the woman's left hand in the famous paint- standing, I’ve provided both a description ing, The Singing Butler, painted by Jack and some photographs. Starting in a closed Vettriano in 1992, you will notice that she dance-position [figure 1] the (current) follow appears to be leading. can remove their right hand [figure 2] from the hand-clasp, and place it on the (current) leader's shoulder-blade while the (current) leader puts their left hand on the (current) Paul Stachour works in software quality as- follow's shoulder [figure 3]. Shortly after surance for life critical systems. He is a social that, as the (current) follow removes their left dancer with bronze-level competition experi- hand from the (current) leader’s shoulder ence. He was trained by Harry Benson in the [figure 4] and takes the (current) leader's ‘Learning to be a Dance Teacher’ classes, right hand in their left [figure 5]; then the and has taught dance part-time for five years. two have changed dance roles. He is also DVIDA certified to teach American Since in rumba dancers start each measure of Style Waltz at the associate (bronze) level. music on the opposite foot than the previous measure, there is no oops-I-am-on-the-wrong
f you are observing a pair dancing, and -foot brain thought to confuse either one of But if you look at his left hand, it is not on someone asks you who is leading, the them during the time while the lead is being I her shoulder, so his left hand is not in the answer is usually simple. He is leading and passed. Nor is the timing critical. Whether it usual follow position, either. The Singing she is following. However, if the pair is two takes one measure or three to make the Butler, which sold for £744,800 in 2004, has females, or two males, or a reverse-roles switch, it works. There are many other ways been criticized for the ‘odd’ position of the pair, or a pair who are switching roles while to switch dance roles; we’ll defer that discus- dancers. Indeed, in my opinion, it is odd only dancing, the answer is not so obvious. You sion to another article. if one believes in strict interpretation of the might answer, "the taller one" or "the one dance-roles according to gender and thus, in with the longer hair" or "the one wearing When the lead initiates the switch, the term strict position of the hands. So, it is not clear green trousers". used is ‘passing the lead’. When the follow who is leading and who is following. What initiates the switch, the term is ‘stealing the What clues might you observe to tell you should be clear to us as dancers, is that one lead’. In either case, this needs to be a co- who is leading and who is following? Next person of the pair should clearly be the lead- operative effort of the dance-pair in order for time you are at a dance, look at a pair danc- er and one should be the follower. Partner it to happen seamlessly. It has been my ex- ing. If the pair is dancing in the usual closed dancing doesn't seem to work very well un- perience that stealing tends to go more dance-frame, then look for their left hands. less the two agree on who is currently the smoothly than passing, as it is more obvious The leader's left hand will be up and off to leader. and requires only one person of the pair to the side, holding the follow's right hand. Observing that painting also gives us a hint take an active part while the other responds. The follow's left hand will be on the leader's how a role-switch can be made during a (Continued next page.)
Lin- Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5
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(Leading, continued) "May we pass and steal the lead during this who know how to dance more than the four dance?". simplest patterns in a particular partner When passing the lead, you need to both dance, have the ability to dance the first few signal the change and wait for your partner Today, if you ask me to dance, a response simple patterns in the other dance role. La- to understand what happened. When steal- you are likely to get is: "Yes, thank you. dies, I hope that you choose to challenge ing, you direct your new follow and they get Will you lead or follow first?" The reaction I yourself and give leading a try; either with it right away. It is fun to see the surprise sometimes get is, "I can't dance lead." Well, me or someone else. Gentlemen, challenge (and, yes, delight) on their face as they real- I'm not an English teacher, but I know that yourself to attempt following. Observe ize that who-is-leading has changed. Howev- the verb ‘can’ denotes ability, not permission which ladies are leading from time-to-time, er, I'd recommend that before trying such or desirability. then ask them for a dance where they lead maneuvers, you get the concurrence of your you. You might be pleasantly surprised. It's been my experience that most people dance partner by asking a question such as who have been dancing a year-or-more, and
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Art Crawl Showcase! By Jeff Ringer
n art crawl is an opportunity for art- At 9 PM, after the crawl, the show began! A ists, community members, and small There were seven routines featuring Studi- businesses to come together to celebrate art oJeff dancers as well as Twin Cities danc- and each other. Each year there are four art ers Dennis Yelkin and Katie Andrus, who crawls in downtown St. Cloud. StudioJeff performed an Argentine Tango. Lisa Saari participates in these crawls in two ways: we and Ben performed a rumba to the song feature an artist by displaying their work on Can You Feel the Love Tonight. Lisa and I the studio walls and after the crawl we put in danced a Viennese Waltz to the song A a show. We call it our Art Crawl Showcase! Thousand Years. Steve and Nancy Streng performed a slow waltz. The Radiant The most recent Art Crawl Showcase was Moon Belly Dance Troupe performed two Jeff Ringer is a professor of Communication held on Friday, June 12th. The art that was belly dances. The troupe features Ziva Studies at St. Cloud State University , a featured at StudioJeff was a project called Azul, Connie Orth and Mary Petrich ballroom dance instructor, and owner of ‘Chalk Talk.’ This project was created by Lewandowski. There was also a solo StudioJeff School of Ballroom Dance in St. artist Wing Young Huie and involved high mambo formation featuring me, Lisa Saari, Cloud, MN. For more info: school students talking and creating art Nicole Miller, Catlin Walker, Sonja Berg, www.studiojeff.com about diversity. and Nancy Streng.
In ‘Chalk Talk’, students were given a piece Our little Art Crawl Showcases are a fun of blackboard and asked to write a message aspect of small town life. The audiences about their experience with diversity. The who watch them consist mostly of non- students were then photographed holding dancers who happened to stop by the studio their message. Over fifty of those photo- while on the art crawl and were invited to graphs were on display during the crawl. come back after the crawl to see the show. You can read more about this project by They are appreciative of the free opportuni- googling ‘arts collaboration chalk talk’. ty to see ballroom dancing in St. Cloud. Many of them are regular watchers of Somewhere between 200 and 300 people Dancing With The Stars so they are famil- came through the studio that night. They iar with the names and styles of the dances enjoyed free refreshments and admired the we perform. Many of them stay after the artwork on display. Some guests recognized show to talk about what they saw. some of the students in the photographs and expressed appreciation for the messages The shows are fun for the audience, fun for they were holding. One such message was the dancers, and great advertising for the “Just because I’m Muslim doesn’t mean I’m studio. They remind everyone that ball- a terrorist.” Another was, “What matters to room dancing is not only a social activity me is having faith in myself and my own but it is an art, too! ability to cause my own happiness.” Anoth- er student wrote, “I am shy and quiet but I am also fun.” Lots of positive conversation was generated by these messages.
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Pending Dancers Studio Showcase Photos
Mini-dance lesson at Cinema Ballroom
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