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Dance Tips from Svetlana Iskhakov - (April 4th, 2008)

How to Practice:

Practice is an essential part of any dancer.
But not any practice makes better dancers, perfect practice does it.
Carefully plan each practice or your and your partner’s time will be wasted.
Here are some tips how to make your practice perfect:

First - Start with basics, your body, legs and feet need to be warm before dancing any complicated choreography
(for example: Rumba walks, Cha-Cha lock steps, Crozado walks and locks, Paso Doble – side chasse to promenade link,
Jive – basic step and kicks combination).
Do it on your own or if you practice with a partner then dance it next to each other to match foot and leg action.
Dance basics to a slow music (slower than a normal tempo).
Then to a fast melody (faster than a normal tempo).
And finally to a normal speed.
Your muscles are warm and stretched.
Now you are ready to dance with a partner.

Second - Do not rush right away to dance your choreography you are not ready yet, yes you warmed up your individual bodies,
but how about a partnership balance. You should have a basic routine for every dance, something simple, combination will depend on your level
(for example: fan-alemana-hip twist-hockey stick).
Count first, and then dance it to a slow music.

Third - Now you are ready for your competitive choreographies.
Should any arguments arise write it down and ask your teacher, rather then fight for the whole practice.

Good Luck!

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Svetlana has recentely been selected by the Greater Columbus Arts Council as featured artists into the Artist-In-School Program. Igor & Svetlana founded Columbus Dancesport Academy in 1996, one of the first DanceSport institutions in USA dedicated to training young dancesport athletes. CDA was home of mid-west first junior and amateur DanceSport couples of National and International caliber.

Columbus DanceCentre is the successor to CDA taking Dancing in Columbus to an entirely different level of quality instructiona and style fusion thus realizing Igor and Svetlana's original vision. Svetlana travels extensively coaching and judging nationally and worldwide. Svetlana is the head coach of the OSU and Kenyon College Ballroom Teams. She is frequentely invited to judge and do demonstrations at the collegiate competitions around the country, including OSU, Cornell, Case Western, Carnegie Mellon, Penn State universities.

Igor & Svetlana have appeared as featured dancers in the Hollywood release "Dance with me" with Vanessa Williams. A documentary film "Igor and Svetlana" directed by OSU professor Vicki Uris was screened at the Lincoln Center in NY as a winner of the International Dance on Video Festival. Igor and Svetlana have been featured in numerous articles in Columbus Dispatch, New York Times, This Week, Columbus Alive, Gahanna News etc.

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