More on Jazz Dance in Russia

I posted some thoughts on teaching jazz dance in Russia, and I thought I should add some clarification. I called our American dancers on to the carpet a bit for some less-focused class attitude than a teacher would like to see. Of course there are top American dancers… Read More…

Jazz Dancing in Russia

Well, I just returned from my fourth time of teaching jazz dance in St Petersburg, Russia. The last two times were dual projects, at the Boris Eifman Dance Academy and the Kannon Dance company. I could write pages on this experience, and maybe someday I will, but for now I'll just put down some impressions.

First - the Russian dancers mean business…
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