by Victor A. James Sr. | Jan 7, 2019 | Blog, Chicago 2 step, Couple's Dancing, Entertainment, exercise, Fitness, healthy living, Lifestyle, Smooth Jazz & R&B, Smooth Steppin, Smooth Steppin, Steppin Dance, Swing with Soul, Urban Dance
Happy New Year!!! In a previous blog entitled ‘The Brain Science of Steppin’’, I dealt with the pseudo-scientific and physiological experiences we encounter as we do this dance that we love. I wanted to follow up that blog with a few observations of what I see us...
by Victor A. James Sr. | Nov 28, 2018 | Blog, Chicago 2 step, Couple's Dancing, Entertainment, exercise, Fitness, healthy living, Lifestyle, Smooth Jazz & R&B, Smooth Steppin, Smooth Steppin, Steppin Dance, Swing with Soul, Uncategorized, Urban Dance
At one point in my tenure as an urban dancer, I almost lost myself. I almost lost the friendship of those who really cared about me and I almost walked away from dancing completely. It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago and the experience is still fresh in my...
by Victor A. James Sr. | Apr 20, 2018 | Blog, Chicago 2 step, Couple's Dancing, Entertainment, exercise, Fitness, healthy living, Lifestyle, Smooth Jazz & R&B, Smooth Steppin, Smooth Steppin, Steppin Dance, Swing with Soul, Urban Dance
Steppin’ Ambassador: How Do You Represent The Dance? An ambassador is defined as “a person who acts as a representative or promoter of a specified activity”. A diplomat is “a person who can deal with people in a sensitive and effective way”. There are inherent...
by Victor A. James Sr. | Mar 22, 2018 | Blog, Chicago 2 step, Couple's Dancing, Entertainment, exercise, Fitness, healthy living, Lifestyle, Smooth Jazz & R&B, Smooth Steppin, Smooth Steppin, Steppin Dance, Swing with Soul, Uncategorized, Urban Dance
This blog post is motivated by a recent encounter during a private lesson with one of my students. I was covering the basic fundamentals moves that I taught in my public class for years. I’ve been working with this student for about three weeks now, emphasizing the...
by Victor A. James Sr. | Jan 9, 2018 | Blog, Chicago 2 step, Couple's Dancing, Entertainment, exercise, Fitness, healthy living, Lifestyle, Smooth Jazz & R&B, Smooth Steppin, Smooth Steppin, Steppin Dance, Swing with Soul, Uncategorized, Urban Dance
A couple of weeks ago, practically out of the blue, I received a text message from one of my former gentlemen out-of-town students. In the message he gave me New Year’s greetings and expressed “how it’s such an honor to know you as a brother, teacher and friend”. He...
by Victor A. James Sr. | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog, Chicago 2 step, Couple's Dancing, Entertainment, exercise, Fitness, healthy living, Lifestyle, Smooth Jazz & R&B, Smooth Steppin, Smooth Steppin, Steppin Dance, Swing with Soul, Urban Dance
Hello AM Family, Yes, I know, it’s been a while since you heard from me. To say that 2017 has been a busy year would be an understatement. There is so much that has transpired this year and to think that the year is almost gone… This post is an update on where...