Blast From the Past
Beautiful Girl In The Ballroom
by loveablestef
3y ago
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You Know, It All Started With Just 5 Lessons….
Beautiful Girl In The Ballroom
by loveablestef
3y ago
It’s 3am in Phoenix and I just signed up for singing lessons. But! You are a dancer! Where have you been? What the heck!?? You left us hanging – for like – years….. Whatcha doin’ signing up for some singing lessons? Heck, your whole stupid blog is about ballroom dancing. WTF Grrrrrrllllll? What gives? Hmmmm….. Where to start? Divorce? Yeah, we could start there. Hmmmm……. Gaining back the weight so I’m now, as of today, 300.2 pounds, just 12.8 pounds shy of my all-time maximum. Yeah, we could start there. Rearranging my life to move to Kentucky for a job opportunity for 6 months and returning h ..read more
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Motivate Me Interview
Beautiful Girl In The Ballroom
by loveablestef
3y ago
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Well That Went Better Than Anticipated….
Beautiful Girl In The Ballroom
by loveablestef
3y ago
I’m now sitting in my kitchen, hearing the crunch of my dog chewing her food, the clank of her name tag against the ceramic bowl, the lap of her tongue slurping water, the click of her tiny nails on tile, and I find myself reflecting on how I feel, in my body, emotionally and mentally.  How bizare it seems that I haven’t been writing on this blog, as it now occurs as the natural thing to do after dancing.  Where have I been?  Who am I now?  I’m doing the same motions as before but the landscape inside my heart and mind is much changed. Let me back up…. So a few weeks ago I ..read more
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Recreating Myself
Beautiful Girl In The Ballroom
by loveablestef
3y ago
Hello dancing community, I’ve been hiding out.  I’ve been feeling like there wasn’t much to write about or share.  I have my reasons, like I’m not competing so it’s not exciting.  Or that I don’t know what I’m doing, I’m screwing it all up, I’m gaining weight, I’ve stopped working out, and I can’t live up to the persona that I created as who I am online.  I have been ashamed. But you know what, that doesn’t work.  It doesn’t work for me, and it doesn’t work for our community when I’m stingy with sharing myself.  I’m absolutely flabbergasted that I still see traffi ..read more
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Like Potatoes
Beautiful Girl In The Ballroom
by loveablestef
3y ago
Maybe the case is the same at your studio, too.  At mine, everyone is at Beach Bash.   By FelipeFronchetti (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons Why that’s important for this story is because my regular teacher, Kristijan, is out-of-town, gracing the floor in Latin probably right about now.  Maybe if you are at the competition you will get to see him dance, as well as a few people from EuroRhythm and more people from Arizona that I’m friends with, some of whom will be performing in the Showcase Fundraiser that’s happe ..read more
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Ballroom Village
Beautiful Girl In The Ballroom
by loveablestef
3y ago
Hello Ballroom Village! I have created a Facbook Page for us. My vision is that it is a page where you can put a link to your latest blog posts so everything is consolidated and easy to find and share. Here is the link for  Ballroom Village https://m.facebook.com/Ballroom-Village-214569888727391/ I also believe you can just search for Ballroom Village on Facebook. I’ve invited the very few of you I am friends with on Facebook. Many of our community write anonymously but I figure you could still follow the page and we’d be none the wiser about your true identity matching up with your onlin ..read more
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Just Call Me Stefan
Beautiful Girl In The Ballroom
by loveablestef
3y ago
    It all started because I was fortunate enough to be at a studio that offered coaching and group classes with the famous Shirley Ballas.  I mean, my dancing may not be at the forefront of my concerns at the moment but I wasn’t about to pass up the opportunity to learn from a living legend. Thursday we covered Rumba and Friday night was Cha Cha.  It was strictly from the book, I mean the book…The International Dance Teachers’ Association (IDTA) Technique book.  The one that breaks down each step into its components and describes how each piece can be str ..read more
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Approaching Dancing Newly
Beautiful Girl In The Ballroom
by loveablestef
3y ago
I’ve discovered that for me it is time to completely reboot my orientation to dancing. In case you couldn’t tell, I’ve been in a bit of a downturn lately.  There was a period where I was not dancing at all.  Nor have I been exercising regularly.   I’ve come to consider this a wash-out period, like in experiments when between treatments they will have people stop taking anything for a few weeks before trying an alternate treatment so the previous therapy doesn’t influence the results of the alternate therapy. It’s truly fascinating to watch how dancing and its place in my life h ..read more
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Ohio Star Ball
Beautiful Girl In The Ballroom
by loveablestef
3y ago
I’ve been hiding out.  Well, that’s not entirely true.  It’s been an interesting couple of months so I have a lot to share to catch you all up to what is happening in my life, and my dancing life.  Yep, you can expect a very long post. First off, welcome our newest Ballroom Village member, Rob, from Musings For Ballroom Beginners. Looks like he offers advice for ballroom beginners in the Boston area so check it out and thanks to Katie from The Girl With The Tree Tattoo for hooking him up to our little community. It’s been a while since I went to Ohio in November.  It w ..read more
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