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  • Do you need to look the part…offstage? 

Do you need to look the part…offstage? 

Apparently, I am some kind of shape shifter…I change clothes and people suddenly don’t recognize me. I change my hair—curly to straight-ish and pulled back—I’m a new person. Then add some make-up, or better yet, glasses, and forget it. Clark [...]

Do you need to look the part…offstage? Alice Blumenfeld2019-02-26T23:44:34+00:00
  • Moving forward after an injury

Moving forward after an injury

Ten years ago, I was working through a relatively serious injury as a dancer—a stress fracture in L4 on the left side (my fourth lumbar vertebrae, lower back). I think it’s pretty common for dancers to encounter a serious injury [...]

Moving forward after an injuryAlice Blumenfeld2019-02-10T21:05:35+00:00
  • What do Ohio and Andalucía have in common?

What do Ohio and Andalucía have in common?

  So I moved to Ohio. Not to one of the major cities here…I moved just north of Amish Country—to Oberlin, Ohio. There are horse & buggy parking spots at the Wal-Mart down the road. Endless cornfields—so many cornfields! With [...]

What do Ohio and Andalucía have in common?Alice Blumenfeld2018-08-15T00:08:06+00:00
  • We’re not being taken seriously; maybe it’s our own fault…

We’re not being taken seriously; maybe it’s our own fault…

  I often find myself frustrated by flamenco dance being treated as secondary, or just “lesser” than ballet and contemporary dance, as something not to be taken seriously. I think there are many reasons for that, some deeply rooted in [...]

We’re not being taken seriously; maybe it’s our own fault…Alice Blumenfeld2018-06-19T17:10:33+00:00
  • Dance as a tool, not an escape…

Dance as a tool, not an escape…

"What the world needs now is dance." With a provocative title such as that, I was pretty excited to read the article on Dance Magazine's online content page. Anyone who knows me, knows I believe if we're ever going to [...]

Dance as a tool, not an escape…Alice Blumenfeld2018-06-13T04:12:11+00:00
  • Lessons learned, and still learning…

Lessons learned, and still learning…

Here are some basic leadership lessons I am slowly but surely learning the hard way, and go figure, they are all connected. I am not exactly a natural leader. I step in to leadership roles if need be, but it's [...]

Lessons learned, and still learning…Alice Blumenfeld2018-04-30T23:12:13+00:00
  • Are we taking ourselves, dare I say, too seriously?

Are we taking ourselves, dare I say, too seriously?

The most "flamenco" experiences I've had outside of Spain were not flamenco at all. One was a break dance battle at Wayne State University in Detroit and the other was a jazz concert in Albuquerque at the African American Performing [...]

Are we taking ourselves, dare I say, too seriously?Alice Blumenfeld2018-04-24T15:10:31+00:00
  • The Two C’s I’m Tired of Hearing…Part 2

The Two C’s I’m Tired of Hearing…Part 2

Someone said to me the other day: why don’t you rent studio space at X studio and teach classes there, you know the owner is very collaborative. Wait, what? What does collaboration have to do with where I rent studio [...]

The Two C’s I’m Tired of Hearing…Part 2Alice Blumenfeld2018-03-25T20:52:29+00:00
  • The Two C’s I’m Tired of Hearing….Part 1

The Two C’s I’m Tired of Hearing….Part 1

Here are two words I am absolutely sick and tired of hearing, mostly because they are misused: community and collaboration. This blog post will address the first one, and the latter will be addressed in a future blog post. Let’s [...]

The Two C’s I’m Tired of Hearing….Part 1Alice Blumenfeld2018-03-25T05:13:43+00:00
  • Radical ideas that shouldn’t be radical

Radical ideas that shouldn’t be radical

Radical ideas that shouldn't be radical (in flamenco more specifically, but in other dance forms too): 1) holding auditions 2) letting dancers wear their natural hair (i.e. not slicked back) 2.5) letting dancers be individuals 3) not choosing dancers based [...]

Radical ideas that shouldn’t be radicalAlice Blumenfeld2018-03-13T22:01:17+00:00
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