This week, I’m teaching a one-day workshop, not on salsa (or bachata, or West Coast Swing) dancing, but on Performance Management as part of the Ontario University Institute of Technology’s Professional Management Certificate. One of the modules that I introduce throughout the workshop is a segment I call, “Coaching for All Occasions.” It discusses how…
As I’ve mentioned in the past, the very best salsa lesson I ever took was a master class in fundamentals with Vanessa Stay, one of the most experienced Latin dance teachers in the city. It was a group class for a very small number of people that cost us $100 for the hour. Between the…
Allow me to express a great big thank you to the great Jen Daudlin for stepping in on very short notice to teach the two Salsaholics classes last week. Where was I? Lounging on a beach somewhere? Doing a guest appearance on Dancing with the Stars? (I wish!) Abducted by aliens obsessed with learning bachata…
Very often, I’ll have new students come into the class, just to “try out” a beginner lesson. You know: “To see if they like it,” it being salsa dancing. As any more active student – not to mention long-time dancers – will know, a single beginner class won’t likely tell the tale of whether dancing…