Repetition in technique is fine
Repetition in dance will kill your soul
The salt in the soup
Can you see the salt in the soup with the naked eye?
So it is with ballroom dancing.
Be aware of what you cannot see with the naked eye.
-inspired by Won Buddhism
3 forms of walking in ballroom dancing
Natural walking - a falling gravity walk
Stiff, unnaturally held body position - like a puppet
Naturally controlled, animated walking created through breathing
To be or not to be
Do you think and feel? Or just repeat?
Are you a living dancer? Or just a dead copy?
Mind and no mind
I tell my little robot what to do
When I dance, my little robot tells me what to do
- inspired by Moe Norman (Golfer)
As a leader in ballroom dancing
I never tell partner anything in ballroom dancing
I tell myself
I do it myself
And my follower reacts and follows me
As a follower
I never think
I feel and follow
The relationship in ballroom dancing
A leader is always responsible and accepts full responsibility when they go wrong
A follower always smiles and follows and would say to the leader: “You are wonderful” - even if it is the leader’s mistake
Ballroom dancing
Improvisation not imitation
The musical chain reaction in Ballroom Dancing
The music hits the ear
The off-beat breath moves the spine and arms
The spine moves the hips
The hips move the legs and feet
And the complete body motion flows in the music
For your ears only
Japanese saying
It takes 10 years to teach yourself the right thing
And it takes you 10 years to forget it
In the garden and universe of hope
In God’s, Allah’s and Buddha’s garden
You will not find a Stalin, Hitler, Mao or Bin Laden
A priest, king, president or pope
That’s why this garden and universe give us hope
When learning from others and yourself
Egolessness
They do not display themselves
Therefore they are illuminated
They do not define themselves
Therefore they are distinguished
They do not make claims
Therefore they are credited
They do not boast
Therefore they advance
The stable ego.