Everybody loves gifts. It doesn’t really matter if you make a gift for someone you love or you receive one. The simple act in itself brings happiness to both sides all the time. But who started it? When did we begin thinking of giving someone something without expecting anything in return? Well, you may be […]

Strength, grace, femininity, sensuality and crazy acrobatics – this is what comes to MY MIND when I think of pole dancing (Please use coupon code “sportsgratitude” for 10% discount.). There is SO MUCH MORE to pole dancing than the usual associations we make between this style of dance and the nightclub industry. Your Guide  

Guess who made to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List? Tango DID. And it’s NO WONDER this wonderful style was included in the prestigious list. Tango is not just a dance or a MUSIC STYLE, it is a FEELING, it is history in MOTION. Your Guide    Alexandra Romanmi Recommendation For You: Born from a

Ballet dancers have Bolshoi theatre, contemporary dancers have Martha Graham Dance Company, Cabaret dancers have Moulin Rouge, Tap dancers have Broadway.. ..but what do Irish dancers have? They have The Lord of the Dance and Michael Flatley. Your Guide    Alexandra Romanmi Recommendation For You: Each and every dancer, regardless of the style they practice,

Born in the ‘20s, especially popular in the 1930s, DORMANT FOR FOUR DECADES, then revived in the 1980s, Lindy Hop seems to come from another planet. Its energy and crazy aerials, together with the vintage clothes and hairstyles, transport the audience a century back in time. And YES, we all want to go back to

We’ve all seen those famous dancing ballerina music boxes in movies. It somehow FEELS LIKE every little girl in American dramas has one. Your Guide    Alexandra Romanmi Recommendation For You: Well, I was a little girl once and a ballerina, but I never OWNED such a thing. I remember WISHING for one, but for

Someone asked me once what I would save if MY HOUSE was on fire and I could only pick one object before I left it… ..My hand instinctively went to the delicate silver chain I had around my neck and looked for the ballerina pendant that was hanging from it. This, I said while holding

What would life be without a little salsa? I know and I think YOU KNOW TOO – probably less colorful, less passionate, and… less spicy. Since you are reading this though, it means you were lucky enough to have had a little bit of salsa in your life, one way or another. Your Guide  

Dancers need role models like plants NEED LIGHT. Gifts for them can always include suggestions of great people they can LEARN FROM. Hence, autobiographies are among the best gifts ideas you can think of when it comes to artists who are on their way of finding their own voice in their craft. Your Guide  

If you were to think of the MOST FAMOUS and distinguished male dancer of all time, who would he be? In my opinion, he’s King Louis XIV of France. Imagine your male dancer friends being compared to the Sun King! Flattering, ISN’T IT? (YEP) Your Guide    Alexandra Romanmi Recommendation For You: Wait! It gets

Hip-hop dancers are known for their swag. Yes, SWAG. By writing this, I might have just transported you back in time a decade or so when the word was actually trendy (so trendy that it received the Hip Hop Word of the Year title in 2011). But hey, my statement is still TRUE… Your Guide

If you have a ballet dancer in your family or circle of friends, you are fortunate enough to be able to TRAVEL BACK in time each time you see them. Your Guide    Alexandra Romanmi Recommendation For You: Ballet dancers are these weird but lovely people sent to us from centuries back. The way they

Christmas Time is usually vacation and celebration time. For dancers though, it’s showtime! Most of us are EXTRA BUSY for all of November and for a good part of December, with shows that are booked months in advance. Your Guide    Alexandra Romanmi Recommendation For You: Whether it’s a full Nutcracker season at the opera,

As dancers we never cease to learn new things. We are always looking for ways to perfect and expand our techniques, our knowledge about dance or its history and to boost our creativity. Your Guide    Alexandra Romanmi We’re geeks for our whole lifetime; we’re the eternal students of the creative world, even if we