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Two new exercise DVDs from So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) are out. Both are getting good reviews at Amazon.com. The first one, So You Think You Can Dance Get Fit: Cardio Funk, has appealing contents for SYTYCD fans as it features interviews with Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer, Travils Wall, a former contestant and [...]

We all know body isolation, especially upper body isolation, is very important for good Latin dancing; however, it doesn’t come easy, and it doesn’t come naturally for sure. You need to work on it. I exercise and practice dancing almost every day. I do stretches at least twice a day and can see/feel the difference [...]

If you have participated in a ballroom competition, you probably know how physically demanding a competition is. A typical competition runs from very early in the morning and until around midnight. If you are a lady competitor, you need to get up very early to do your hair and makeup and be ready for your [...]

I am finally at the point where I need to excercise to increase my upperbody flexibilty. For a long time, that was not my priority. My priorities were my posture and upperbody control. See I developed a bad habit of moving shoulders and moving my upperbody in a rather unctrolled manner. It took a long [...]

I exercise regularly for my general health and better dancing but sometimes I feel a need to expand my exercise routine. While browsing through exercise books, I’ve found 2 excellent books that were eye-opening for me. Both books are based on ballet principles but anyone, dancers or not, can benefit from them. New York City [...]

Have you ever felt that there is no way for you to do a certain move?  I have. Any turns and spins (including spirals) were something I thought I would never able to do well.  I tried to practice, but it didn’t do me any good because of a bad practice pattern I’d developed.  See, [...]

When you dance latin dances, you need to be grounded. By “grounded,” I mean *the center of your weight should be low *when you step and transfer weight to a leg, your supporting leg should  compress into the floor *you need to have constant foot pressure on to the floor In addition to the groundedness, [...]