by Melissa Cyr | Mar 1, 2015 | All Posts, Ballroom Basics, Dancesport Competition, Mental Training, Teaching & Coaching
Dancesport continues to grow in intensity, competitiveness and notoriety beyond our own dance world. As competitors, whether pro-am, amateur or professional, we strive for perfection and experience the same struggles and challenges as any other type of athlete. In...
by Melissa Cyr | Feb 9, 2015 | All Posts, Dancesport Competition, News Flash
As much as dance is a living art, sometimes all the elements of the moment align just right to be captured forever in a photograph. This can’t be accomplished by just any shutterbug. (Point proven by the many photos I’ve taken of dancers with mouths open, eyes closed,...
by Melissa Cyr | Jan 26, 2015 | All Posts, Ballroom Basics, Dancesport Competition, Hair & Makeup
Perfect ballroom hair is almost as important as perfect posture! Getting that sleek, lacquered ‘do secured as tight as a racing helmet and polished to a diamond shine takes PRACTICE, just like dancing. And you’ve got to have the right tools for the job....
by Melissa Cyr | Jan 21, 2015 | All Posts, Ballroom Basics, Dancesport Competition
Have you ever watched a dancer and felt like they opened the door to their heart for you to look inside? The beautiful thing about dancing is we dancers use our whole body, not just our faces, to show what we FEEL. And just like in our everyday lives, the way we move...
by Melissa Cyr | Nov 3, 2014 | All Posts, Dancesport Competition, News Flash
An Intimate Portrait of a World Dance Champion Enter below to win a signed copy of the newly released paperback edition of Ballroom! Biographies fascinate me because, well, I’m nosy…and because I love to share in stories of the human spirit. Show me the...