How Dancing Changed My Life
TimesOnline published an article last week entitled “How dancing changed my life.” Janet Carlson, author of a new book called Quick, Before the Music Stops, recounts her return to the world of ballroom dancing after 20 years and how it transformed her life.
Joy in Motion Survey
As Joy in Motion approaches its first anniversary, I am interested in receiving feedback on the website and looking for ways to improve in the New Year. Please take part in the growth of Joy in Motion by completing this survey. If you take the survey by January 31, you can enter to win Karin’s favorite read of 2008: Victor Wooten’s book, The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music.
Thank you!
First Annual Joy in Motion Writing Contest!
The aim of the Joy in Motion writing contest is to encourage reflection and discussion on the uniting of spirit and movement in social dance. To this end, the topic of submission is meant to be general to allow a variety of creative entries. However, to give some guidance to interested applicants, the entries may address the following concepts in social dance: connection, musicality, flow, spirituality, energy, healing, culture, travel, learning, teaching, personal experience and any others not listed that relate to “Joy in Motion: Uniting Spirit and Movement.” Entries may refer to experience in any form of social dance, but it is preferable that submissions demonstrate concepts that are applicable to all social dance forms. The entry must be less than 1,000 words and may come in any form – article, essay, short story, poetry, or other. The winning entry will be selected based on content and writing style.
The deadline for contest submissions is March 1, 2009. The winner will be announced on the Joy in Motion website on March 15 as well as in the April newsletter.
To enter, please email your submission to with Writing Contest Submission in the subject line. The entry may be copied and pasted into the body of the email or attached as a Word or PDF document. Writers are encouraged to include a short bio of themselves, but this is optional and will not affect the judging. Writers are also encouraged to edit their work for spelling, grammar, clarity, accuracy and style before submitting.
The winning entry will be published on the Joy in Motion website and win a $50 gift certificate to Dancing Art!
Rules:
* All submissions must be original and previously unpublished work of the author.
* Writers of all entries grant permission to publish their submission on the Joy in Motion website and any other Joy in Motion publications, with credit always given to the author. The writer’s geographical location and a brief bio may also be published.
* Joy in Motion promotes information and discussion and does not sell any products. As such, no submissions will be used for this purpose.
* Writer retains the rights to republish their submission at any time.
