August 2010
47 posts
Salsa Challenge - One of the 1st to use Adobe Air for teaching? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKp9GE1WnFc
My thinking is - Kinect could do something like this - http://www.salsaisgood.com/dictionary/Salsa_dictionary.htm#actions but moving.
Can see why classes usually say “being in hammerlock” vs hammerlock type http://www.salsaisgood.com/dictionary/dictionary_hammerlock.htm
http://www.elpais.com.co/reportaje360/ediciones/industria-salsera/#historia-evolucion Salsa as an interactive slideshow (Flash)
Are you meaning the double entendres @shakabrown? lol #youcannotunlearnreadinganurbandictionaryentry
Interesting to see Jo Hoffberg’s idance videos - looks comprehensive http://idance.net/lessons?instructor=johoffberg
http://bit.ly/905abp Love the movement from the slow spin -> 46s. What’s the tunnel move at 47s? (Hoffberg http://vimeo.com/9968030)
Rack up learntosalsadance.org as another SEO site for salsa crazy. http://www.seoverflow.com/author/alex/ Decent advice from Alex Juel
http://greatdance.com/danceblog/archives/video/000818.php - Video headcams & 1st person dance experience.
Doug Fox back in 2007 called for 1st person perspective. Beyond performance, what about teaching benefits? (“see as I see”, visualisation..)
Microsoft Kinect (Project Natal) - coming to US November 4th, UK November 10th. Still not seen much about dancers using it.. Hmm
Ways Kinect could help: Body rolls, styling, hip action, basic steps, check step size, check you’re dancing on time, check posture & balance
Do event /nights ever work out with a high cover charge, so drinks takings aren’t an issue?
When you hear “all 50 DVDs for $300 do you think - bargain! or Hmm what’s the catch, or Ughh, DVD format - where’s the HD?
RT @TimWestwood: Been offered £50,000 to go on Dancing On Ice - could you see me wearing sequinned outfits! Should I do it? // YES
What’s the equivalent or better way of talking about “pelvic floor” for a guy trying to do pilates?
Hurrah for birthdays!
RT @timbray: Think you’ve seen pole dancing? Brace yourself… http://www.wimp.com/indiangymnastics/ Srsly worth a look(suitable for work)
Strange - the style & swing of (WC)S really does suit some well know salsa moves more than salsa http://bit.ly/9EJ3Cd
Interesting to see how a male turn female turn looks in WCS vs salsa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjejs6NyWSA#t=1m01s
Good example of fun improv, and also usefulness of multiple angles. We can take two in. West Coast schwing.
Helps to have the link! Watched for the um… 3rd time now? John Lindo, Stephanie Batista - http://bit.ly/cBgXaN
Have you ever made birthday dance wishes, aims, goals?
I made a promise 5 years ago on my birthday to be a better dancer by the time I was 29. Not sure what my score card is.
Maybe there’s something in highlighting with video the similarities/groups of salsa moves. E.g. Sombrero, balsero/valsero; XBLs; variations
http://allsalsamoves.com/ http://sexysalsamoves.com/ ww.salsadancesecrets.com/ secretsofsalsadance.com There’s some decent SEO there.
March 2010 Youtube added variable speed controls -but for HTML5 videos it seems.
Quick youtube question folks - When did youtube get speed controls? (2x, 1.5x, 1x 0.5x, 1/4 speed)?
A quick yay for HD torrents of SYTYCD.
Great story if you didn’t follow the Netflix prize - http://bit.ly/2OWFDz http://bit.ly/aPt6C1
salsadancedvd.com & the one site to bind them all… salsacrazy.com - allsalsamoves.com interesting if it fills out with content.
http://bit.ly/9YYqQZ - *THIS* is what Kinect could be about dance wise. Mocap for the people.
Shill - a person who is paid to help another person/organisation sell. Pretends to have no association with seller/group.
…Paid to endorse a product favourably while pretending to be impartial.
Goes to 45% commission if you sign up other affiliates (2nd tier) (& there kickbacks). So ~half of cost of SC products can be commission
30% base commission on Salsa Crazy products - http://bit.ly/bLIVzM Wondering if it’s standard to not disclose commissions?
Paclosk seed bank faces destruction for a housing estate? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/08/pavlovsk-seed-bank-russia
RT @DanceDrDance: The Psychology of Dance. Dance Like no-one’s watching. http://bit.ly/aAyU6z
Day in Brum, lovely Thai food yesterday evening. @AleshaDixon_ there? Great dancers - can be in their presence & not know.
Mitube app downloads YouTube video direct to iPhone. Worth getting as it
Might not be around long apparently.
“The other left” Lovely turn of phrase for teaching.
* Make that Snow leopard 10.6 mac OS instead of iOS hehe.
*iPhone app. http://Supermegaultragroovy.com/products/capo
If Capo the Slovak “reverse engineer Rock & Roll” can it do the same to salsa?
So national dance day was also national orgasm day it seems from tweets in stream. Guess that’s a Bachata next year then.
Readdle turns 3: Follow
@readdle, RT to win an #iPad. $0.99 for any app (48 hours sale) http://readdle.com/3years
Core stability schmore stability. Go get yourself a gym ball. Works wonders. Take a faster paced Pilates class.
July 2010
20 posts
In honour of national dance day - Pilates to Gramaphonedzie’s Why don’t you.
Happy National (not yet international) dance day! #bitlateonthememe
.@beach_girlee article: Overcoming shyness (on the dance floor) Crucial for beginners, salsa community http://bit.ly/at029l