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		<title>Afro-Cuban Dancing &#8211; Thoughts from Julio</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DanzKOOL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just came from an interesting workshop &#8212; Afro-Cuban Dancing, demystified. Oops, that&#8217;s my editorial comment. The instructor, Julio, wasn&#8217;t demystifying anything as much as he was taking the class (of 4 women &#38; 1 guy, me) thru a typical introductory lesson that he&#8217;d use in secondary grades. What he helped demystify for me was the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danzkool.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1680402&#038;post=52&#038;subd=danzkool&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jan-Feb 2012 &#124; Queen Mary Gr 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DanzKOOL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[-DAY 5- Technique: Sympathy-with-partner. Boys, think of facing your partner on the Rock Step. It&#8217;ll stop you looking like blank-faced mannequins. Technique: What&#8217;s the Rock Step all about? It connects you to your partner. Technique: Foot pressure &#8212; must be able to stop on Slow-1 or Slow-2 or either of the Rock Steps. Why? For [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danzkool.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1680402&#038;post=38&#038;subd=danzkool&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 2. Strathcona.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DanzKOOL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cool dudes make for great fodder. But, strike quickly before they've figured you out.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danzkool.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1680402&#038;post=25&#038;subd=danzkool&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 1 with Strathcona 7s</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DanzKOOL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When teaching at inner-city schools, the challenge is not how to teach Ballroom Dancing. Rather, it's how to gain their (students') trust so you can instill in them the confidence that's lacking. Through trust comes empowerment and achievement. Once they've felt it, they're open to all kinds of learning -- locomotor, cognitive, emotional, social behaviour, to name a few.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danzkool.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1680402&#038;post=24&#038;subd=danzkool&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 4, Fall&#8217;07 &#8211; Engage the imagination w/demos</title>
		<link>http://danzkool.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/day-4-fall07-engage-the-imagination-wdemos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DanzKOOL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was Day 4 for both the 8:30 and 12:50 classes. The 8:30 is a school in a part of Richmond with a lot of social housing nearby. The school&#8217;s student population can change from week to week as families move into and out of the neighbourhood. In the 3 weeks prior, I have seen [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danzkool.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1680402&#038;post=11&#038;subd=danzkool&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;Hummer&#8217; principle. Also, how to measure a good (dance) instructor.</title>
		<link>http://danzkool.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/the-hummer-principle-also-how-to-measure-a-good-dance-instructor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DanzKOOL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was putting the final touches to the &#8216;evaluation rubric&#8217; for the grades 5-to-7 teachers package. A memory stirred. I wrote it into the text like this: &#8220;‘Safety’ may not immediately spring to mind when one thinks of dancing. Case-in-point: The head of PE at a large highschool in the Vancouver school district was responding to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danzkool.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1680402&#038;post=10&#038;subd=danzkool&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If it&#8217;s Tuesday, then this must be Richmond.</title>
		<link>http://danzkool.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/if-its-tuesday-then-this-must-be-richmond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DanzKOOL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I start teaching kids to dance tomorrow. I&#8217;ll be posting my thoughts about teaching, teaching techniques, kids&#8217; apprehensions, teachers&#8217; concerns, all that good stuff. Richmond, here I come. &#8212; Danzman.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danzkool.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1680402&#038;post=9&#038;subd=danzkool&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting it going</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DanzKOOL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hmmm. I&#8217;m still learning the finer side of blogging. Reminds me of why I prefer to dance and teach dancing than clicking my way through tags, hyperlinks and metafiles. Anyway, it&#8217;s all for a good cause. I want to find people out there who feel as I do &#8212; namely, teaching kids and youth to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danzkool.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1680402&#038;post=8&#038;subd=danzkool&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ballroom Dancing in PE, Sep&#8217;2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 07:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DanzKOOL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;ve joined my passion with my job and am about to follow Tony Banderas (movie: Take The Lead) into the netherworld of teaching teens and kids Ballroom Dancing. Last year, I was amazed to see 10-yr olds change from &#8216;yuck, hold hands?&#8217; to &#8216;wow, dancing is fun!&#8217; in a few short weeks. I beamed [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danzkool.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1680402&#038;post=3&#038;subd=danzkool&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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