Why I want to try every dance
If you want to start something else but you don’t know what, prepare yourself, I have A LOT of ideas. I started to dance 9 years ago and I couldn’t stop. I tried a lot of different dances, as a follower and as a leader, and even now when I social dance 5 times a week, I am still curious to discover new dances. Every dance has its own singularity, and qualities you can work on, that will help to develop yourself as a person and boost your other dances …
The amazing creativity of bal folk music
There is something truly amazing happening in bal folk dancing for several years now. People going to festivals across Europe, probably noticed the huge numbers of bal folk bands of superb quality. Lately, I felt really amazed by the richness and creativity in bal folk when it comes to music for dancing. I don’t see anything similar in other dances : musicians gathering in multiple bands, mixing influences from all over the world to create music for dancers. Almost every local scene has its own band(s), every dancer who ever …
Why Cadansa is such a Dutch festival
Next october, a new edition of the fantastic bal folk festival Cadansa will take place in Duiven, The Netherlands. A quite big and magical event only Dutch could have invented. These past years, I have attended to several events in The Netherlands, from the regular bal to bal folk and blues festivals, and even huge pagan music festival. And I really think Dutch have “a special way”, a “special touch” to organise cosy and nice events. A Dutch taste for quality When I think of Cadansa, I immediately think of …
Why tango dancers always make such a long face
The question always end up when I pronounce the word « tango » in front of uninitiated persons « but why do tango dancers always make such a long face when they dance ? It is not a very friendly scene, isn’t it ? » I thought a lot about it, and i arrived to the conclusion that tango is not easy, and not funny. It needs a lot of focus and a lot of work. It’s a very serious business. It’s as simple as that. And still, so many …
[Tango Video] Dana Frigoli & Adrian Ferreyra
As i spend too much time on youtube, i always find some amazing videos of people dancing. I’ll try to explain what captivates me in that video. Let’s talk about one of my favourite tango video. Even if usually, i would prefer improvisation to routines, because it feels more natural and spontaneous, in the following video i like everything : the quality of video, the B&W filter, Hugo Diaz’s music (which usually you love or you hate completely) which allows a lot of musicality. And the dancers… who, to my opinion, show a …
Prepare for festival Andancas
Bal folk festival Andancas (Portugal) is one of my best memory of a summer festival ! …
Festivals : Dance and visit Europe
What I do with my weekends ? Of course : dance festivals. But where ? why ? when ? Long story …
