Weekly, I provide Latin dance and exercise classes at a local elder care facility. Over the past two months a former Pilates instructor now living at the home for elders has joined the regular classes. Her name is Roseanne and she's been...
Salsa
I’m Crying Like a Baby: Letting Go Is a Process
Gosh, I'm sitting here crying like a baby. I feel like I've just broken up with a long time love partner. It's just a studio space for goodness sake! Why am I so cut up about it? Last night I taught the last of my salsa dance classes at...
5 Steps to Sexy Dancing, a New Owning Pink Blog
Hey, how was your Valentine's Day? I know there's a lot of pressure around this holiday to perform and provide for your special someone in special ways. That's why I wrote a blog about 5 Steps to Sexy Dancing, because I know this is a time of year...
…and then she got up to dance!
The downward pulse of the Merengue song that pumped out of the amplifier filled the yellowish community room of the senior citizen's center on the east side of Buffalo. I was introducing the participants to the Merengue dance from The Dominican...
Salsa Dancing Insight 101 #1: Dancing to the Music
I lay in savasana, otherwise known as "corpse pose," after my yoga practice this morning and a thought ran through my mind: "Should I tell that guy, whose a really great *lead, that he's not actually dancing to the music?" Suddenly, I imagined...
Owning Pink Blog: How Working with Elders Can Change Your Life
Here is my latest Owning Pink blog, which went live Sunday! Click here to read and leave your thoughts in the comments section below the blog. What elder in your life would you like to spend more time with? How can a simple gesture of care or love...
Salsa for Life: Relationship Building, Life Skills, and Character Development for Youth in Grade Schools though University Age
As a Teaching Artist, I've been working with youth ages 5-25 for over a decade. Bringing art, dancing, free form movement, and mindfulness meditation into schools, after school programs, summer camps, and conferences continues to be a great joy to...
Latin Dance Party and Performance for Seniors
Working with Seniors is a transformational joy! A few years ago, I was driving by a residential building for elders and thought, "I'd like to spend some time with the elders in our community." A couple years later, I had my first event: The History...
Travel to Cuba!
Salsa for the Soul and Metamovements from Boston along with Cross Cultural Journeys in California collaborate to bring you a trip to Cuba that is UNIQUELY what YOU want! Please fill in this three question survey so we can best serve you on this...
Conversations with Sarah Haykel: Jorge “Ataca” Burgos from Island Touch Dance Academy
Welcome to this inspirational interview with Jorge "Ataca" Burgos, Co-Owner and Artistic Director of Island Touch Dance. Jorge and his partner, Tanja, as well as their DJ El Tiguere are well sought out Latin dance instructors and performers,...