Recent content by MaggieMoves

Edited by DanceMentor... seems maybe it's best that we should not talk too much about the specifics of someone's car or where they live in too much detail.

I disagree entirely with that. I can say a vast majority of WDC competitors are on the "ramen noodle diet." I can think of a handful that are both well financed and finalists/semifinalists at Blackpool, but this certainly is FAR from the majority. Donnie Burns in his own camps states that you...

As a WDC competitor... there aren't many, but both of these couples quality stands out to me:

From what I heard it was just a on-off event for them. These aren't competitive couples that danced together, merely pros (teachers) that just danced with other pros from the same group of studios. It was at their Unique Dance-O-Rama at Hotel Irvine, in Irvine, CA. It's the same hotel that the...

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A friend of mine owns a chain studio that I drop in regularly when I'm visiting my brother, sister in law, & nieces (since they all go to bed at 8 p.m.) in another state. I generally end up showing up to their Friday group lessons and parties under the context of a "trainee instructor." It's a...

For a guy, you could literally just wear any dress shirt or variation - open or closed, tucked or untucked - especially for Latin. See what your partner is wearing first and try to match her.

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Pretty much exactly what Snapdancer said. A lot of chain studios use it as way to create gates for a student to move onto the next level. Most of them are based around memorized step patterns.

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Plenty of nonprofits pay employees in administrative costs. I have no issue with it as long as it makes the product, in this case the competition, better.