Thank you to Emanuel & Tania for sharing their experiences with us to help inspire up and coming local dancers, as well as dancers from all over the world. Here is Part II of their Interview…
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Archive View: March, 2010
Interview with Emanuel & Tania - Part II
March 19th, 2010 Tags: competition preparation, Events, Inspiration, Interview, practice, snowball, training
The 6 Most Common Rookie Mistakes in Competition
March 12th, 2010
Tags: competition, competition preparation, competitors, costumes, diet, ubc
The Olympic Athlete’s State of Mind
March 3rd, 2010
Tags: champions, competition preparation, competitors, distraction, Interview, Olympics, practice, training
5 Steps to a Successful Competition
January 21st, 2010
Tags: competition preparation, distraction
Get rid of the Nervousness and Tension of Being out of your Comfort Zone!
January 12th, 2010
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With the upcoming UBC Gala Ball this weekend, I thought I’d post some of the most common mistakes that I’ve observed from first-time competitors. If you are indeed a rookie competitor, please read!!!
One of my favourite things about the Olympic coverage was definitely the interviews that were conducted with the athletes, their coaches and families… The theme that keeps coming back over and over again through these interviews is how important an athlete’s state of mind is. Sure, hard work, of course, is a key ingredient to success. But it definitely isn’t all there is. 
With the Snowball Classic coming up this weekend, I thought it might be useful to remind experienced competitors and inform you new competitors how to make your competition a successful experience. Here are 5 Steps to ensure success!
Through this episode of practice in Florida, we heard our own words reverberating in our heads; instead of being directed towards our students, this time to ourselves. If you don’t have the experience of doing something on a regular basis, at the intensity that you expect to perform at, your confidence will not be strong enough to keep you at ease and to enable you to dance at your best. Inevitably, nervousness and tension will come into the mix and your performance will surely be diminished.