Failing at Success“Solid B+” To succeed in a dance class you must (a) learn the steps to the dance and (b) remember these steps. Simple right? Yeah, I thought so too. In class, it tends to take me just a little bit longer than most to process the information…. and about a million more practice opportunities to get my feet to sort out their identity crisis. (They are clearly unsure of who is being referred to when told to “step left”). So, during class, I keep my eyes glued on whoever is teachi
Feeling the MomentHave you ever heard the cliché “those who can’t, teach”? The emphasis is usually on can’t… a comment on someone who lacks ability. Maybe I’m having a rose-colored moment but I think the tense is wrong. When you think about the best teachers you know, you realize that the comment is actually about someone who lacked ability. Lack-ED. Past tense. As in not anymore. Try to explain what you actually do to make yourself walk forward. It’s not easy to break down instinct into discr
A Very Merry UnbirthdayToday is Jynx’s birthday… 3 years ago today, a shy girl stood in the back right corner of a beginner hip-hop class. There, she met Giulia…. and spent an hour failing to pick up choreography designed to match Mary J. Blige’s “The One”. (What were you expecting? Magic? Gimme a break! It was my first hip-hop class.) The next week, the shy girl was more on the ball and almost picked up the choreography to “We Be Burnin’”. She was just starting to feel that taking hip-hop classes