Monday, February 27, 2012

Two Videos of Dancing

This is my dance partner and I dancing in a basement. We did this partly to see what we're doing that we don't notice we do (I promise that made sense somehow. We teach a dance class and we're trying to find out habits that we do that are detrimental). The other part of that is just wanting to have some footage of us dancing incase we decide to try teaching else where besides our local scene.

Fusion Dance to "Steppin' Out" from Ross Blythe on Vimeo.

This first video is a mix of Lindy Hop and blues to a song that is not traditionally a Lindy song.

Blues to "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" from Ross Blythe on Vimeo.

This video is more ballroom and drag blues. The connection is closer than previous video. It's more about feeling the dance than getting from point A to point B.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Alain de Botton: Atheism 2.0

Alain de Botton says what I've been thinking about religion and secular culture, only with more clarity and greater wit.