• 25 minutes 21 seconds
    Episode 80 - New Teaching Partner Checklist
    Some things to think about when teaching dance with a new partner for the first time
    8 February 2020, 4:56 pm
  • 22 minutes 29 seconds
    Episode 79 - Are You Getting in Your Own Way?
    How do we get in our own way. Why does it hold us back and how do we fix it?
    17 January 2020, 2:18 pm
  • 12 minutes 56 seconds
    Episode 78 - Doing nothing or not doing anything?

    Musings on the art of not doing anything, rather than doing nothing or doing something meaningless.

    11 January 2020, 12:32 am
  • 26 minutes 59 seconds
    Episode 77 - "X is a racist"
    Describing someone as "racist" in a racist society is a bit meaningless. What can we do instead? (I don't actually have an answer to this one)
    6 January 2020, 12:07 am
  • 25 minutes 25 seconds
    Episode 76 - How to solve a Rubik's Cube
    Anyone can figure out how to solve a Rubik's cube. It only takes 3 key insights to develop your own solution!
    27 December 2019, 5:28 am
  • 25 minutes 11 seconds
    Episode 75 - Live music and the wall of sound
    Blues dancers can probably learn to like (and even enjoy) live music sets with a low dynamic and rhythmic range
    19 December 2019, 7:15 am
  • 25 minutes 6 seconds
    Episode 74 - Cats and Dance Journeys
    An extended metaphor to illustrate some of the difficulties of changing while being oneself. Featuring cats!
    28 November 2019, 10:16 pm
  • 35 minutes 41 seconds
    Episode 73 - Story Arcs and Partnering Styles (musings on teaching at Lil' Taste of Fusion)
    Jess and I taught at Lil' Taste of Fusion : 3h each day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with blues on the first day and fusion the other two. We tried to give the weekend a focus, while also creating a story arc for each afternoon.
    21 November 2019, 10:56 pm
  • 29 minutes 37 seconds
    Episode 72 - Codes of conduct
    What purpose do codes of conduct serve, what should they include, how do they for into your organisation's wider safety strategy?
    14 November 2019, 10:20 pm
  • 16 minutes 13 seconds
    Episode 71 - Preparation Steps (and Anchor Steps)
    In response to Basil's questions. A bit about anchors and a lot about preps.
    8 November 2019, 12:14 pm
  • 17 minutes 50 seconds
    Episode 70 - When is it step step vs triple step?
    1) It doesn't matter much 2) it's simpler than you may think 3) why do we ask the question?
    31 October 2019, 11:29 am
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