Ballroom Dancing Annual 1949
This 1949 booklet is a rare find… Thank you Evelyn Hoermann for submitting it to us! The introduction is by Victor Silvester and it contains articles from Alex Moore, P.J. Richardson, and Leonard…
A Dance, A Medal and a Mystery Text
Well, that was fun; Tom contacted me asking whether I had any information about the medal and the note in the picture below. I dug into my research for Ballroomicons and was able to…
A Talk with … Sam Sodano
This is the first of a series of interviews called “A Talk with”. These talks are produced for our YouTube channel DanceArchives Sam Sodano, one of the leading figures of Ballroom dancing in America…
Why Is Dancing So Good for Your Brain? By Christopher Bergland
Dancers maximize cognitive function and muscle memory through practice. Dancing improves brain function on a variety of levels. Two recent studies show how different types of practice allow dancers to achieve peak performance…
Dancing is Thinking
AUTHOR Susanne Traub is a dramaturge, curator and writer. From 2001 to 2009, she was employed full time as a dramaturge at the Schaupiel Frankfurt. She works as free-lance a curator for interdisciplinary…
Who was Lucian David
Special Thanks go to Phillip Nicholas, Jose Sarabia and Rudolf Trautz for gathering and confirming the information! Lucien and his wife Germaine from Lyon, France were held with high regard by their fellow…
Finding freedom inside the box Cuban Experience II By Sasa Pust
Do not try too hard This time, I would like to pick up where I finished my last years’ lines of the Cuban Experience blog: “The purpose of our Mission Cuban Experience was to go…
Embodiment: The flesh and bones of my body, by Carolien Hermans,
First of all I want to discuss the concepts of embodiment and disembodiment. More specific, I am interested in the possibilities of the transfer between the real (perceived) body and the virtual body.
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