by Shulagh Jacobs | Jul 8, 2021 | Dancer's Body
Body isolation is usually presented as the first step towards learning body movement in Salsa dance. Yet how many of us have watched even seasoned social dancers struggle and get increasingly frustrated when they just can’t make that body part behave and move...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jul 2, 2021 | Dance Yourself Happy, Salsa Dance Injury
Mental health is a real buzzword just lately, with reports that so many of us are tangibly suffering from prolonged disruption of our usual patterns of behaviour, our social gatherings, and increased uncertainty over finances and future plans. It seems that there is...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jun 14, 2015 | Dancer's Body, Ladies Salsa
I did a private lesson for a novice female dancer recently. She was struggling because she couldn’t relax her arms and shoulders enough to feel the lead and was mentally beating herself up constantly as a result. The solution was really simple. For the first...