Life of a Dancing Engineer

A lot has changed in my life over the past few months since I began dancing Standard at the end of September. I’m no longer single, I’ve been dancing less overall due to my relationship, I’m no longer practicing latin, rythm, or smooth (for now), I had two coaching sessions, I learned all 5 standard dances, […]

I stumbled upon this “Ten Tips in Ten Minutes that Result in Ten Times Better Dancing” All ten tips really are  that important. #7-10 I have learned previously, though of course I could benefit from more formal practice with most of them, especially #9. #1-6  I have heard before, and known in some capacity, but […]

All in all, my current schedule accounts for about 22 hours per week of dance, with about 2 hours of that spent warming-up, 2.25 hours spent in 3 private lessons, 3 hours spent in 4 group classes, 2.5 hours spent in am-am practice, 7.5 hours spent social dancing, and the remainder, about 5.25 hours spent […]

A couple of weeks ago, I had a big scare one night after dance practice. I was sitting in the changing room, winding down and taking my shoes off, and as I removed my right shoe, it quickly became apparent that during practice, my big toe on my right foot had gone completely numb. And despite […]