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We're constantly looking at ways to create the best experience for dancers on dancehop.com, are currently looking to streamline the events page. Here's a sample:
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I think we can tighten it up with by moving the X Dancers | X ratings up a bit, but overall how does… Read More

[caption id="attachment_393" align="alignnone" width="451" caption="Acrobatics at SPACE"][/caption] Here's a pic of Orville swinging some lovely ladies in acrobatics at SPACE in Greenwood.
I thoroughly enjoyed my first visit at SPACE, I felt welcomed and enchanted by a combination of blues and the crew dressed in acrobatic costume awesomeness. It's a great collaborative environment,… Read More

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Yesterday I had the pleasure to interview Michelle Badion, a Seattle dance paragon, and community builder. Michelle has been teaching dance for 20 years (Salsa, Tango, and Swing) and has some great stories to tell in this interview. Click below to hear her perspectives on beginners, why we dance, community, teaching, and a fun… Read More

I wanted to showcase a few more pics that I enjoyed, you can check out the whole set on the Flickr photo stream. Here's a new Flickr submission: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="292" caption="Mehrdadz photo submission on Flickr"][/caption] More from Vladimir Estirin: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"… Read More

[caption id="attachment_351" align="alignnone" width="224" caption="Dinner with Walt, the aftermath"][/caption] Yesterday was more abundance in action. For those of you out of the loop, I'm buying dinner or lunch for people who might have ideas for DanceHop until June 15th.
I had dinner with my friend Walt, a great Rails developer and PM. We had an interesting and productive conversation at Tom Douglas' Greek inspired restaurant, Lola. Here's what we… Read More

This is coming from Jamieson, a salsa dancing friend of mine in SoCal. I've got 18 great pics of his from his online gallery. Here's one of them: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Palm Springs, Stru your stuff?"][/caption]
There's too many great ones to show up here at once, but this did inspire me for another possible… Read More

Vladimir Estirin, of tangoafficionado.com, recently submitted some great photos the DanceHop competition. Now we've got a flavor of tango for DanceHop! With so many great submissions, I'm thinking of adding a fourth category, "get recognition". [caption id="attachment_330" align="alignnone" width="540" caption="Find great events, promote your events, get recognized?"]Read More

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="333" caption="A cup of friendship"][/caption] I meet with a men's group twice a month that practices the teachings of The Way of the Superior Man, by David DeidaRead More

[caption id="attachment_308" align="alignnone" width="360" caption="New DanceHop Flyer"][/caption] So I found a design I liked, modified it, got great feedback from Nicole, and we've got a flyer produced by EricB. This will be the 4x6 paper flyer until we get a nice glossy photo out. We'll probably print this on orange paper, same color as the bouncing ball. Any feedback? Read More