I’m writing this article because I was asked to contribute something for the program of the 2020 USA Dance National Collegiate Dancesport Championships. I’ve been out of the collegiate ballroom scene for several years now, but the time I spent there is still some of the most important and formative of my life. I learned […]
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Bookshelf
I’ve been thinking about my bookshelf for the past few days. For Valentine’s Day my girlfriend got me not one, but two books. They were both Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. One is for my place, the other is for hers. The idea is we can read them together, take notes, and become better […]
The Carbon Footprint of Ballroom
After my recent trip to Thailand, where I studied tiger conservation and related issues, I became interested in conservation as it relates to ballroom. Global overcrowding and demand for resources increasingly push people into marginal land areas, while poachers and poor hunters continue to over-exploit the few resources tigers have left. Though seemingly far removed […]