Podcasts

A kitten lies beside a pair of ballet pointe shoes, dreaming of glory: Of course I'm ready to go on pointe

Cat thinkies—teen ballerina

June 11, 2019

Coco the teenage cat dreams of glory as a prima ballerina. She has symmetrical toes and high arches, she’s a healthy weight and her core is strong.

Mature dancers explore the history of so-called “Witches” in Otaki and Wellington, New Zealand

March 1, 2019

2019 is the 20th year of Crows Feet Dance Collective. We’ll dance those powerful women demonised as “witches.” Otaki & Te Papa, NZ 10, 23 & 24 March 2019

(This article is adapted from the original record of my Boot Camp for the Bonus Years.) In which I consider certain peripheral amusements and reject a paradoxical call to regard them all as significant vocations. The fifth item on the agenda of my Boot Camp for the Bonus years was “Commit to hobbies.” […]

How dancing has improved the function of an aging brain

August 6, 2017

(Written in 2015, first published 17 August, 2017 and updated 29 June, 2019.) In which I perform a scientific analysis of the health benefits of dancing for an aging brain: three cognitive skills have improved, age-related changes prove a challenge, and the over-all effect is joy joy joy. I belong to the Crows […]

Dancing with aphantasia

May 27, 2016

Right, in half an hour I’m off to the Crows Feet Dance Collective dress rehearsal for our new show, Hakari. And because I finally grasp the fact that I have Aphantasia, I will be dancing with some new insights into how I learn the necessary choreography compared with how others learn. At last I understand why I’m […]