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time and talent: adrift amongst fools
I love telling people that I dance. It makes me feel psychic. Because without a doubt I can almost always predict their reaction: “Wow: really? How long have you been dancing?” And feeling psychic is...
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unlearn what you have learnt: once upon a novice
Once upon a time there was a novice. They didn’t know $*#% and they didn’t care. So they showed up, again and again, and they got a lot better, and they didn’t really care because they didn’t waste...
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supporting the dancer in you
If you couldn’t tell already from the title… this post is going to be a bit of a boring one. I’m sorry. But sometimes needs must. Today’s post is basically a round up of the things that I’ve found help...
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dressing your talent (or why choosing black is choosing wisely)
I’m an advocate of a lot of things when it comes to nurturing and building your talent. It’s pretty obvious from this blog I guess. You could scroll down and see entries on all kinds of things I’m...
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the alphabet of dance: part four
This Wednesday’s post is part four, and the final part, in a series of posts on the alphabet of dance: 26 attributes of the art and the people who love it. Whether you’re a dancer or not, you’ll...
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I don’t think I have time for this (or how I could invent something else I...
Your talent is endless. Of infinite possibility. Limitless. But there is one thing that has even more infinite limitless possibility and comes back stronger and stronger: endlessly, tirelessly, and...
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where you are now: where you will be
This is true of all art: …but it’s particularly true of dancing: you can always measure where you’re going against where you are and where you have been. It’s stressful. And confusing. And also full of...
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welcome to talent bootcamp
Sometimes the only way to get a person to do what they really need to do to make their lives richer and let them become the supremely talented people they’re capable of being… is to put them in a space...
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stop taking yourself so seriously (or why some people don’t wear tees)
I realize that everyone who reads this may not regularly attend dance classes. That’s alright, the terrible tale I’m about to tell can easily be applied to lots of other situations too: You walk into...
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Your Dance Life: Sorted (Intro.)
This post is the first in a series on organising your ‘dance life’ or how to fit dance into your life without the difficulties and setbacks that will inevitably come up. Maybe your dance life is a...
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that mysterious talent edge
So here you are. You’ve done the work. You’ve practiced. You’ve been dedicated. You’ve hit every mark there is to hit: you’ve performed, you’ve overcome your initial hurdles, you’ve persevered and...
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Your Dance Life: Sorted (Part 1): The Prep
This post is the first in a series on organising and *optimising* your dance life. You can read the intro. post here. Everything great comes from a spark of genius: an unexpected moment of...
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finding your talent tribe: a call to arms
Lots of people claim that you are the sum of the five people you are closest to. They are right. And yes, you’re in trouble. You’re particularly in trouble if you’re a talented individual- or if you...
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the ingenium manifesto
Talent is a choice: The simplest thing in the world. If you make the choice to be a talented person you will find a way to get there- no matter where you’re starting out and no matter how many...
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the talent circus (or how to make yourself a tough act to follow)
It’s a circus out there. Everywhere you go there are talented, crazy people. Everywhere you look those talented, crazy people are astounding everyone else with how crazy and talented they are....
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Your Dance Life: Sorted (Part 2): The Persistence
This post is the second in a series on organising and *optimising* your dance life. You can read the intro. post here and the first part of the series here. Last week’s instalment dealt with the first...
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talent… and your identity
There are as many ways to define yourself as there are… Well… People. That’s a lot of ways to define yourself. And a lot of ways to get it wrong. But what if there was a way to define yourself that...
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Your Dance Life: Sorted (Part 3): The Evolved Dancer
This post is the third in a series on organising and *optimising* your dance life. You can read the intro. post here, the first part of the series here, and the second part of the series here. If the...
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talent… and giving back
If talent is a gift, isn’t it time you gave it back? I don’t mean returning your talent to where it came from: I mean giving back to someone else, in some other way. Talent has a tremendous capacity to...
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respect your talent (or- why not to dumb yourself down)
Talent always commands a lot of respect. From people you know, sometimes from people you don’t know, from those who teach you, and sometimes from those who in one way or another learn from you. Pretty...
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