Hi! Watching an entire class, thinking “Yes, that makes sense” and immediately starting another class feels productive. Unfortunately, understanding somebody’s explanation is not the same as giving your body time to learn it. If you’re using recorded classes, try our: One problem. One class. One week. Choose one specific thing you want to improve. Find …
Read more “Pause. Replay. Repeat. That’s where the learning happens.”
Hi! “I’m going to practise” sounds productive. But practise what? Without a specific answer, it’s very easy to dance around for forty minutes, repeat the things you already do comfortably and finish without knowing whether anything changed. Try this instead: Minutes 1 and 2: Choose one question. Not “How can I dance better?” Something observable, …
Hi! We need to clear something up. Learning both roles does not mean you must rotate roles during every song for the rest of your life. You’re allowed to learn something simply because it makes you a more informed dancer. Experiencing another role can help you understand: Preparation: You begin to feel how much information …
Read more “Learning another role is useful even if you never rotate.”
Hi! Styling is often taught as if it belongs to a particular role, body or gender. It doesn’t. Styling is simply the way you make a movement yours. It’s a fancy word created in social dances for one thing: SOLO dancing. If you want to explore it without collecting twenty random arm movements, start with …
Read more “One styling experiment, two roles and absolutely no need for permission.”
Hi! Some dancers impress you. Other dancers make you breathe out, relax and feel that you can actually be yourself. If someone manages both, keep them. Feeling safe with somebody is not only about whether they are “nice.” It is something we can actively practise and think about. In a lot of dance spaces around …
Read more “Three tiny skills that completely change how a dance feels.”
Hi! Summer is wonderful for many things. Maintaining a beautifully organised training routine is not always one of them 😂 You travel. You stay out later. Your living room becomes too hot. Suddenly, practising feels like something that requires a free afternoon, a studio and enormous levels of motivation. It doesn’t. Here is a complete …
Read more “No partner, no studio and no perfect mood required.”
Hi! Maybe you already rotate roles throughout an entire song. Maybe you are learning your second role. Maybe you have never tried it, but the idea makes sense to you. All three count. For the next ten Sundays, we’re sending you one little piece of the RoleRotation world: something useful to learn, something to try, …
Read more “Your first RoleRotation Summer Quest mission starts here.”
New in the RoleRotation Store: inclusive dance T-shirts, pet accessories, and the return of our hooded sweatshirt. Designed for dancers on and off the floor.
We’ve added learning paths to help you choose a direction based on how you dance right now, without limiting you or locking you into anything.
You can now start from one of these paths:
• Learn the other role
• Dance both roles
• Learn solo
When people search for bachata artists or bachata couples, most results still show a single, traditional format: mixed-gender couples with fixed roles. At the same time, the current bachata scene includes artists and couples who dance both roles, alternating leadership and following as part of their dance language. This page brings together visible, active bachata …
Read more “Bachata artists and couples who dance both roles”