Riot and Frolic

a mostly ballroom dance, but also a bunch of other stuff, blog

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I own and rock people’s faces off teaching ballroom dancing at Dancers Studio in St. Paul, MN. My husband and I compete professionally in American style and wrangle eight children in our spare time. I’ve been teaching and competing in ballroom dancing for over 25 years and have lots of opinions on it. I am an expert by any means, but there are quite a few dancers who are better than me and I have a solid knowledge of basic technique, so suck it.

Month: April 2021

  • Blogiversary

    10 years ago, I started this blog.   I wasn't teaching at the time, but I was doing some projects that more than one person would ask me about, so I figured I'd take a bunch pictures and write it out, so the curious handful could see what I was up to.   I was…

  • Toothbrush Exercise Catalog

    Hey guys. About a year ago, for some reason, I started recording the tiny exercises I make all my favorite students do on the regular (whether it's to introduce and/or reinforce a technique or kill time, you can decide for yourself).  I put them on Instagram because FB was being a poop the day I started.…