Personal Blog Posts

As a lead, your job is to architect the high-level structure of the dance. Align the dance to the music, hit the phrase changes. This article builds on the original Hitting the Music in West Coast Swing article, describing a more concrete structure for how to build contrast in the... [Read More]

After achieving conversational fluency in Italian through daily life in Italy, I took an unconventional approach to deepening my language skills: reading entire book series in Italian. Starting with familiar works like “The Martian” and “Percy Jackson,” I gradually progressed to reading new-to-me stories like “Mistborn.” This journey has not... [Read More]

Music in WCS has big moments where it is fun to hit the music. These moments usually happen on the major one, directly after a phrase, which is a collection of 32 beats, divided into 4, 8-beat long measures. To hit the 1 of the new phrase with a power... [Read More]