I love to dance!

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WHEN I DANCE I FEEL
free, whole, complete, pasisonate, artisitic, feminine, beautiful, ….
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I have always wanted to dance. I remember being 4 years old asking my mom if I could take dance lessons and her not letting me. It wasn’t until I was 17 (when I could pay for it myself) that I took my first dance lesson - 1 year of ballet. I loved it!

In 2000 when I was twenty, I started swing dancing with some friends from church. It was awesome. I’ve been an addict ever since. In 2005, I co-found Red Hot Lindy Hop in Memphis to help grow the swing dance scene.

Now, in 2007 after about 2 years of Blues Dancing at late night swing dance parties, I’ve fallen in love again - this time with blues dancing. It captured me a couple months ago as I was exposed to more of the music and more of the variety of what blues dancing really is. Being in Memphis, I am surrounded by Blues music. And so I’ve co-founded another dance group in Memphis (with Sarah Beth Larson) called NewVo Blues.

If you are in Memphis and want to learn to blues dance, our first lesson is on Friday, March 23 at a Juke Joint called the Blue Worm. In a city known for its segregation of the white and black communities, the Blue Worm is a safe haven from this where together we can appreciate the music and interpretation of through dance. Betty’s home cookn’ is the best I’ve ever had and the music is arguablly the best around.

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What do you feel when you dance???
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