TED 07 | From Social Dancing to Performance + Competition with Diana Liu

The Empowered Dancers Podcast

In this second part of Bobbie's interview with Diana Liu, they talk about her experiences, performance dancing, and joining a competition.
Diana shares about her first time auditioning and joining competitions, how it helped her understand the differences from social dancing, and how it made her more confident to take on future auditions.
Gaining more wisdom from that experience, she confidently shares tips on keeping the motivation to continue with your goal of becoming a better dancer.
What to expect in this episode:
(00:00) - Introduction.
(00:31) - Performance dancing and competition is a commitment.
(07:05) - Investing time rehearsing at home before class.
(09:37) - Team aspect and keeping motivation and fun.
(12:05) - Audition and competition experiences.
(16:18) - Jack and Jill partner dancing.
About Diana Liu
Diana is a social dancer based in Switzerland. Over the past few years she has been drawn more and more into Bachata as her favourite of the latin dances. She is a festival maestra who has a brilliant knack for combining travel and dance. She has been traveling Europe with dance as her compass over the last couple of years now.
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About Bobbie Miles
Bobbie Miles is a social dancer based in Bristol. The salsa, bachata, and kizomba scene is special to so many, Bobbie included. The more she danced however, the more she became aware of inappropriate behaviours in the scene, ranging from low-level “creepiness” to undeniable abuses of power. Bobbie realised that she will no longer keep quiet, be subjected to any sort of misconduct, and nor should anyone else. She is an advocate for speaking up, boundary setting, and respect in the dance scene. Through The Empowered Dancers Podcast, she promotes transparency, understanding, and accountability and as a public speaker, she talks about putting boundary setting and respect into practice, both on and off the dance floor.
Resources:
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