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  • Atlanta, GA // Why have I been gone?

    Atlanta, GA // Why have I been gone?

    Hello, and thank you for reading! After a long and unplanned hiatus, I am excited to be dedicating time to the project again. This blog was not easy to come back to. It meant acknowledging that I had given up on it, when I never meant to stop writing. I actually wrote the title for Read more

  • Why switch?

    Why switch?

    “Lead, follow, or switch?” My favorite four words to hear at a social, and ones I almost only hear while fusion dancing. My joy at hearing this phrase is followed closely or maybe even surpassed by the always welcomed, “Are you okay with lifts/dips/close embrace?” Yay consent! Yay caring about your partner’s safety! But that’s Read more

  • Why Atlanta?

    Why Atlanta?

    January is supposed to be the month of defining your priorities. Making goals and actually completing steps to achieve them. Doing more of what matters. Getting things done. Side #hustling harder than ever before. Creating and moving. So why haven’t I been writing? Because I have been moving back to the US. It took me Read more

  • Why am I grateful?

    Why am I grateful?

    I found a sticky note when I was moving out of my house at the end of last year. It said: Lose 10 pounds Move to Europe Start teaching dance classes regularly Cultivate gratitude These were all resolutions I had written down last year. Resolutions I have achieved exactly none of. And that’s when I Read more

  • Why is dance more than a space for play?

    Why is dance more than a space for play?

    I’m visiting home, which means I’m also dancing. I went to my original stomping grounds in Sacramento. I never had the chance to grow up here as a dancer, because I started dancing when I already lived somewhere else. But among many other firsts, I had my first lesson and my first social dance here. Read more

  • Michoacán // Why say goodbye ?

    Michoacán // Why say goodbye ?

    I remember when my grandfather died. I was young and it was my first close experience with death. I remember telling myself I wasn’t going to cry and then crying towards the very end of the funeral service, surrounded by family that was also crying. I remember going up to the casket and touching his Read more