Monthly Archives: April 2012

Impressions from Dance Class

Posted on 2012, April 30 by D. J. Carmen

(A messy, unedited stream-of-consciousness recounting of tonight’s dance class.) Oh no! I’m running late! I should have set aside time to eat before class. I’m going to flake out. I kno… No. I’m going to stay focused. …. Made it … Continue reading →

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Horizontal Hands

Posted on 2012, April 30 by D. J. Carmen

Between a party, a heavy practice session, and getting back into bicycling, everything hurt today. So I focused on how to shape my hands while doing horizontal spins. In my explorations, I found two basic positions that feel natural and … Continue reading →

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Feet

Posted on 2012, April 26 by D. J. Carmen

Really tired today,  but I went out to practice anyways. I played with a couple of ideas for cane play with legs and feet. It was fun. Now I need to start practicing taking pictures of myself while I’m in … Continue reading →

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Fresh Canes Coming In!

Posted on 2012, April 24 by D. J. Carmen

Ordered a fresh batch of canes last night. They went for $3/cane less than last year. So I ordered a cool dozen. Can’t wait for them to come in!

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Broad Strokes

Posted on 2012, April 23 by D. J. Carmen

Last Saturday, I spent the day in Brooklyn with the wonderful spinners from the Floasis. We were out practicing in a park. So of course we put out a hat. Let me tell you. Even when you’re really not trying … Continue reading →

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Balancing Point

Posted on 2012, April 19 by D. J. Carmen

I was taking it easy today. So I kept up with the single cane spinning. I was working on bringing the cane around my back and across the other arm. It wasn’t going as well as the day before yesterday. … Continue reading →

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Bounce and Slide

Posted on 2012, April 17 by D. J. Carmen

Been feeling really beat today. So I limited myself to single cane. The first thing that came up was a bicep bounce. What you do is you put your arms out in front of you, elbows down, palms down, cane … Continue reading →

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Composition

Posted on 2012, April 17 by D. J. Carmen

I had my second modern dance class today. It was fantastic. Melissa is a wonderful teacher; the other students are great, and I didn’t fall too far behind. So we are learning a dance piece. It was… I can feel … Continue reading →

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Weaves and rotors and butterflies. Oh my!

Posted on 2012, April 16 by D. J. Carmen

Yessirree. It’s another day of meteor practice. Still at that “why doesn’t anything work!?!” phase, but I actually got the one handed butterfly. …intermittently. And I got rotors! …more-or-less. And my 2 beat weaves are going great! Well… it’s not … Continue reading →

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Spin Check

Posted on 2012, April 15 by D. J. Carmen

Whenever I spin a prop during a randomly public kind of thing, I always have to remind myself to do a spin check. It’s just what it sounds like: you spin around and check for random people, tables, dishes, light … Continue reading →

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