WHAT IS BALANCED DANCING?
Balanced Dancing is a partner dance technique that enables both parties to express themselves with the same freedom and build the dance together on a foundation of equality, sharing and feeling the music in this co-created space.
Why?
1. Partner dancing reflects the historical values of a society rooted in inequality.
2. Society is changing, increasingly attempting to establish a new balance in our relationships with others based on equality. Shouldn’t our dancing evolve, too? We think it's time it did.
3. Over time, we’ve developed a technique to promote equality in our own dancing.
How?
At first we had our doubts. Could both dancers have an equal voice without it resulting in chaos? Could we maintain the essence of balboa without robbing it of its identity? Could we keep the flow and the esthetic? Could this technique be easily applied by anyone who wished to use it? Our desire to share and make this dance an equal conversation led us to apply geometry, math and physics to our movement, and after four years of research—we did it.
Now we know the Balanced Dancing technique is effective for both social dancers and professionals looking to enhance their dancing and the quality of their interactions with other dancers.
Benefits:
- Increased body awareness and control
- Heightened sensitivity to your partner’s movement and as a result, greater responsiveness
- Greater range of self-expression for both dancers
- Better flow
- More versatile dancing
- Less pressure to lead or follow “right”
- Lower risk of injury
WHERE CAN I LEARN
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Are you a social dancer?
If you’d like to learn balboa using the Balanced Dancing technique, or to improve your technique with us, feel free to attend one of our regular classes in Barcelona at Swing Maniacs or to take class from us at an international festival. If you’d like us to keep you posted about our festivals, follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
Are you an instructor?
If you'd like to incorporate Balanced Dancing into your teaching methods in class, drop us a line here. We offer classes adapted to your needs, including private lessons conducted in person or remotely to give you the tools to share Balanced Dancing with your students.