The Stygian Blog

Shaking off the Rust - How to Come Back From Dance Burnout

Cerridwen

How to bounce back from dance burnout and make it stick.

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Shimmying Through Satan's Asscrack - How Dancers Handle the Heat

Cerridwen

Tips and tricks for dancing in hot weather.

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How to keep Dancing When Everything F*ckin' Sucks

Cerridwen

Here’s the thing–it is tough as hell to turn away from doom scrolling and incredibly valid fears about the state of the world to focus inward and create, but I argue that our dance practice is more necessary than ever in the face of all of…whatever this is….and not only do we deserve to dance when everything sucks, we owe it to ourselves and our community to keep dancing.

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Finding Perfect Practice in Imperfection

Cerridwen

A few weeks ago Daewen posted a video where she was seized by a moment of inspiration during her 9 to 5 job when an absolute banger came up on Spotify and she just had to dance it out. The dance was authentic, joyful, spontaneous, and a great reminder that a dance practice doesn’t have to be perfectly structured to be fulfilling.

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