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...
by Melissa Cyr | Oct 20, 2014 | All Posts, Ballroom Basics, Collegiate, Dancesport Competition, Mental Training, Quick Tip Tuesday
Every dancer at some point has felt the twinge of self-doubt before getting on the floor. At a ballroom competition, it’s easy to feel uncertain about yourself, or even start comparing yourself to others. This is not the mindset you need going onto the floor!...
by Melissa Cyr | Oct 19, 2014 | All Posts, Ballroom Basics, Dancesport Competition, Musicality
For us dancers, music is the KEY to our inspiration. You know what it feels like when you’re on the floor and your favorite [foxtrot- cha cha- quickstep] comes on. You’re pumped, you’re feelin’ it directly from your dancer’s soul to the...