PHEW! We finally made it out of the pirouette portion of the challenge. And it was just that, a challenge….for ALL of us. Trust me, those things aren’t easy for me either. I am not a trained dancer, but NOW I go to classes to get trained and that is the best thing I have […]

Go back and take a look at the notes I gave for the inside turns. These don’t have to be any different. It is just half a turn more. You can STEP these out OR you can spin them. To step them out you pivot on 2, 3 AND on 5 since this is a […]

The cross body lead inside turn is just an extension of the cross body lead and I want you to think about it that way. Yes, it is 1.5 turns but don’t let that intimidate you. For the purpose of this challenge I want you guys to STEP out the entire inside turn. That means […]

This is when things start to get fun. Today we are going back to the beginning of the challenge, but this time we are adding some more complex movements with the feet. I know the title says “styled” right turns and that usually implies arm movements, but I am going to tell you a little […]

So for this move we are continuing our training of changes in direction, except that we are stepping it up a notch. A big notch. Seriously, this is hard so don’t let yourself get frustrated. That is the whole point of training, so that we can push ourselves past out limits in order to improve. […]

It has been an introspective kind of day, so I’ve got my Radiohead on and I’m really feeling the power and mystery of my @burjushoes “Moonstone” shoes and the magic of my @teekigram “Deer Medicine” pants. Love it! So today is really the same thing as yesterday. Go back and study the day we went […]