Nutcracker's Tips and Tricks
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A blog for unconditional dance lovers! You'll find various and varied articles about good tips, history of dances, and articles dedicated to professional dancers. A (hopefully) complete blog for amateurs or professionals!
Nutcracker's Tips and Tricks
4y ago
Hi my lovely dancers! Today, I'm going to introduce you an essential part of dance: contemporary dance. This form of dance covers different modes of expression that appeared from the 1960s onwards. It is embodied notably in a generation of French choreographers who, in the 1980s, invented their own body language.
The American influence
American choreographers such as Susan Buirge, Carolyn Carlson or Alwin Nikolais come to work in France. Alwin Nikolais directed the Centre national de danse contemporaine d'Angers, the first French contemporary dance school from 1978 onwards. Each in his ..read more
Nutcracker's Tips and Tricks
4y ago
Hi my lovely dancers! Today I'm going to tell you about a dance that I personally love to dance: African dance! This dance accompanies the happy or unhappy moments of life. Exuberant, energetic, it is practiced barefoot to the rhythm of the djembe, a percussion instrument.
Inspired by folk dances
The African dance classes are inspired by the traditional dances of Cameroon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Senegal... That is to say the diversity and richness of this dance! Very energetic, the African dance demands the whole body and requires a great mobility of the hips and the bust. Relaxed pelvis a ..read more
Nutcracker's Tips and Tricks
4y ago
Hi my lovely dancers! Today I'm going to talk about an icon of contemporary dance: Carolyn Carlson! Its longiline silhouette has a unique gracefulness over the years. Known throughout the world, this American dancer and choreographer of Finnish origin chose France as her adopted country. She has drawn her inspiration from France for more than thirty years.
CAROLYN CARLSON, 70 YEARS OLD
An American in Paris
Born in 1943 to Finnish parents, Carolyn Carlson studied dance at the San Francisco Ballet School and the University of Utah. She met choreographer Alwin Nikolais and became the s ..read more
Nutcracker's Tips and Tricks
4y ago
Hi my lovely dancers! Today I'm going to talk about this sensual and provocative couple's dance that appeared in Argentina at the end of the 19th century: the Tango. This dance has never ceased to be a sensation.
Born in the working-class neighborhoods
We don't know the exact origins of tango. Probably a mix of Spanish flamenco, African rhythms and milonga, an Argentinean dance with melancholic but catchy accents. In any case, it made its appearance at the end of the 19th century, in the popular districts of Buenos Aires in Argentina and Montevideo in Uruguay. PROFESSIONAL DANCERS ..read more
Nutcracker's Tips and Tricks
4y ago
Hi my lovely dancers!
Today, I'm going to talk about a dancer who's not to be missed: Fred Astaire, of course! And yes, I couldn't pass him up. He's the biggest star in the Hollywood musical. Prince of elegance and lightness, everyone agrees to see in him the best dancer of all time in cinema.
In duet with his sister
If Frederick Austerlitz (better known as Fred Astaire) started dancing at a very young age, it was to please his mother and imitate his sister Adele. In 1907, barely eight years old, he started with her in cabarets. For ten years, their duet was a great success which led the ..read more
Nutcracker's Tips and Tricks
4y ago
Hi my lovely dancers!
Today I'm going to share with you some good tips in order to maintain a good back and hand positions. How do you recognize the look of a dancer? The incomparable support due to a muscular and supple back but also the dance up to the fingertips which enhances the movements. Dancing can help you to develop good habits at an early age.
4 tips to protect your back
Outside of dance classes, here are a few daily tips for maintaining good posture.
Avoid breaking your back when lacing your shoes. Put your foot on a chair or put one knee on the ground. Avoid the handbag ..read more
Nutcracker's Tips and Tricks
4y ago
Hi my lovely dancers!
Today, I am going to talk about the pillar of the dance. Do you have an idea? Classical dance of course ! "Old" of more than four centuries, it is the heir to the court dance practiced by the kings and queens of France and Italy. The great ballet masters gradually established its vocabulary. It will be enriched through contact with different generations of choreographers.
The favourite activity of crowned heads
From the Renaissance onwards, the European royal courts began to dance. Italy is a pioneer in the art of dance. Dance masters codified the steps and wrote th ..read more