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• ▼2010
  • ►February
    • DJ Radar and Charanga Carolina Live at UNC
    • It's passion that makes perfect.
    • 5 great songs
    • Beginner Hip-Hop Workshop for Urban Hope of Durham
    • Paso Ice Skating in Raleigh
  • ►January
    • The social dancer's guide to following.
    • But I couldn't find a partner who could dance X style..
    • Tango? Not my cup of tea.
    • The social dancer's guide to leading.
• ►2009
  • ►December
    • Paso's Message for the New Year
  • ►November
    • we have it made!
    • words to dance by
  • ►October
    • salsa magic on YouTube
    • oversteering vs understeering
    • salsa is great. but not that great.
    • but no one asks me to dance!
    • what mistake??
    • what does your closed position say about you?
    • dan's tango workshop revisited
    • throwing the brick at dance
    • Learning to shh...
    • The Journey of the Clave
  • ►September
    • damage avoidance
    • one step forward
    • get checked out for VG
    • voices in your head
    • follows, where do you fit in?
    • it's dance, not damage control.
    • what the fu*# do we really know?
    • feeling your fingertips
    • the connection between acting and dancing
  • ►August
    • a beginning follow's challenges
    • can you spot the fake?
    • Synergy
    • five minutes of dance
    • absurd effort
    • why is salsa a slave to form and not function?
    • Dances of the Orishas: Ellegua
    • "tell me friend, just who are you dancing for?"
    • it's 2009, forget about the Joneses.
    • beating your personal brick wall
    • better dance through diet?
    • don't remember so many turns that you forget how to dance
    • Cuban radio on 88.7
    • down the rabbit hole: dances of the Orishas
    • salsa blogger's guaguanco journey begins
    • what's going on at paso?
    • a lead for every follow
    • now THIS is my kind of teaching philosophy
    • bruce lee, cha-cha-cha champion?
    • should instructors teach steps before clave and music?
  • ►July
    • Rule Number 6 + some
    • Rule Number 6
    • if you are trying to bring out the best in people...
    • unleashing your creative beast
    • in favor of street dancing
    • the pot calls the kettle black
    • "so paso, what's your point?"
    • why we don't teach salsa "styling"
    • how can we make our dance classes better?
    • where are you going?
    • musicality made simple: responding with your body.
    • what are some good and bad habits in dance?
    • musicality made simple: becoming aware of change.
    • you never know. you just might inspire someone.
    • 3 steps to quickly boost your rhythm
  • ►June
    • is cuban salsa just a lead's dance?
    • It's only direction.
    • Salsa fundamentalists
    • willy wonka and the salsa factory
    • a salsa dance fit for a wedding
    • what makes a good social dancer?
    • even monkeys fall from trees
    • why do so many dance teachers suck?
    • salsa. the good 'ol american way.
    • real salsa requires a real connection
  • ►April
    • don't take away my struggles
  • ►March
    • a two-way conversation
    • expression vs. self-expression
    • before getting touchy feely
    • did you taste your dance?
    • before you paint your body
    • the on2 debate
    • follow with a beginner's mind
  • ►February
    • when to dance solo
    • Timba vs. Salsa
    • social salsa
  • ►January
    • momentum's good and evil
    • the illusion of stillness
    • how do you adjust your dance?
    • effortless effort
• ►2008
  • ►December
    • you
    • you are on to something
    • Don't Look Into The Ball
    • Multiple Personality Dancer
    • Where You Are Beautiful
    • Bring Your Compass to Class
  • ►November
    • Lessons From Annie
    • nothing
    • You Are What You Think
    • Today Mosaic, Tomorrow Rome!
    • Quick and Dirty Guide to Dance Floor Confidence Part I
    • One in a Million
    • Paso Leads From the Front
    • Who or What is Inspiring You?
    • What's Worse Than Worse?
    • The Leader's Paradox