The Hippie in Me

I don't consider myself a hippie, if you knew me you wouldn't either. However, when it comes to dance I'm definitely a hippie, not in my freedom of dance expression because I'm really a technician. My inner hippie comes out when I express my deep desire to spread the love of dance, especially to women. I want them to experience dance again - the love, the freedom, the passion, the joy - true hippie ideals!

Although I think I embody, inspire and promote these deep love desires for Phusia, it's been an uphill battle getting dance teachers to do the same. This has been a bit of a wake up call for me. I thought Phusia would be embraced quickly and deeply by dance teachers.

Last summer at the conventions I attended, dance teachers were smiling, dancing and remembering what it was like to really dance again! They seemed to get the concept of spreading the Phusia love to women. By creating a choreography co-op, I want teachers to contribute to Phusia's choreography, in the hopes we can come together and really make a difference. Any dance teacher can choreograph Phusia choreography. Maybe that's part of the problem. Maybe because dance teachers are independent both in mind and spirit, to use someone else's work goes against who they are. Well, I'm here to tell you it doesn't. What is shows is you can put your ego aside, offer a super fun class, rekindle your love for dancing, be a part of something bigger than you - a team of dance teachers inspiring women to dance again through a branded dance class they can rely on from one studio to the next. Remember why you started dancing in the first place. It wasn't about competing with your friends (and certainly not with other studios). It was because you just HAD to unleash your dance goddess.

So, in the spirit of hippieness, I'm giving my choreography away. All of my videos are public. If you aren't a teacher, I have classes online and you can dance with me. If you are a teacher, I ask that if you choose to use my choreography and call your class Phusia, you pay for the license fee ($49), send me a video of you teaching and I'll support you as one of my instructors in every way I can. This isn't about making money (it never really has been). It's about defying tradition and changing the adult dance world, spreading the love of dance and inspiring women to rekindle their love for dance.

I welcome your comments!

Julie

Location:Vermont