Announcing: Conversational Belly Dance!
Greetings! A cultural dance can be seen as a language, including a new vocabulary, with its own inflections and conventions. In our last FUN Class
How to Dance–in Cursive?!
Back in the 70s I was learning to write (and speak) Tibetan. Which has an alphabet, but it is entirely unlike the English alphabet. As I
Happy Holidays 2022! (Prezzie inside ; )
What a long strange year it’s been! So many of us have experienced challenging circumstances, often entirely beyond our control. World events become more bizarre
Thank you! (Thanksgiving 2022)
I’ve been in a tizzy all week. I missed my winter tire changeover appointment because I had covid (I’m all better now). My winter tires
How quantum physics illuminates personal style
Quantum physics is weird. There is a degree to which we ought to be able to walk into a store and find exactly what we
What are the three Prongs of Practice?
A vintage Love Note from 2013 (plus a bit from a previous Love Note in that series for clarity). Michael Pollan said, “Great art is
Your Brain on Joy
In honor of next year’s 90 Days, our upcoming newsletters will feature Love Notes from previous 90 Days. They are examples of the sort of
How to Accept Praise (+ grow as an artist)
Here’s a Love Note from the 2015 90 Days. This year is the 10th anniversary of the first 90 Day Dance Party! To celebrate, we’ll
Presence: How Do You See Yourself? (and how would you like to see yourself?)
A friend recounted to me in exhausted detail everything on her (immense) to-do list, along with her frustration and overwhelm at its contemplation. She had
Bringing Joy: Tito for the Win
I’ve been thinking a lot about Presence lately, partly because that’s the upcoming FUN Class, partly from all the reading and prep I did for
How to develop stage presence at home (and on video)
Alexander the Great conquered the known world. Everywhere there was fell to him. He did a good job, too, keeping the local culture culture intact.
How to Develop Stage Presence (or any kind of Presence) in 20 minutes a day
Last week, we talked about practicing presence. Here is a little more on that. When we talk about performance we talk about “stage presence.” What