Dance Sport & Life

About our guest:

Dr. Peter Lovatt is a Dance Psychologist. He set up the Dance Psychology Lab at the University of Hertfordshire and is currently a lecturer on Performance (Dance) Psychology at the Royal Ballet School. With his passion for dancing and psychology, he is making an impact in this industry by touching taboo subjects such as self-esteem on dancers and stereotypes of male dancers.

Follow him on:

• Website
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• LinkedIn

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Dr. Peter Lovatt & his dancing career;
• Dancing as a language;
• Communication & emotion in ballroom dancing;
• Dancers’ self-esteem;
• Male stigma in the dancing world;
• Dancing & Parkinson’s disease;
• Dr. Peter Lovatt’s Ted Talks routines.

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

About our guest:

Costin Glavan is a Romanian physical trainer and nutritionist, certified by the C.H.E.K. Institute. He started karate when he was 17 years old, now reaching the high level of black belt - 3 dan. Costin is specialized in training people and athletes in how to have a good posture and perform better. His knowledge can be easily applied to the world of dancesport if you want to improve your performance and outlast any competition.

Find out more about Costin Glavan and his course on his website.

You can contact him here.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Injuries and compensation patterns;
• Paul Chek;
• Base conditioning;
• Primal pattern movements;
• Macronutrients and hormones;
• Muscle slings;
• Specificity training.

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

About our guest:

Espen Salberg is a former ballroom and latin champion. As one of the best teachers in the world of dancesport he produced no less than 17 world champions.

For Espen, the true value of a dance couple stands in the dialog and the togetherness between them. For the ladies it is important to have beautiful leg-action and for the men to be in control.
The secrets gathered from dancesport competitions helped him create stretch couture and become one of the most talented designers.

You can see the interview on YouTube.

Follow him on Instagram
You can find his collections here

Topics discussed in this episode:

• First contact with dancing;
• What he appreciates in a dance couple;
• The Latin Fantasy Show;
• The switch to Fashion world;
• How current fashion influences fashion in competitive dancewear;
• How the dancesport world will change in the future;
• The secret behind his trademark - the scarf.

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

About our guests:

Hugely talented and hard-working Paul Moldovan and Cristina Tatar were the first Romanians to ever win a world champion title (Beijing, 2012). Since then they always aimed for the top of WDSF Latin ranking. For both of them, dancing is a way of life and they wouldn’t see themselves doing something else. In this podcast, they walked us through the best moments and the biggest challenges of their dance career.

You can follow them on:

• Paul Moldovan & Cristina Tatar / Facebook
• Paul Moldovan/ Facebook/ Instagram
• Cristina Tatar / Facebook/ Instagram

Topics discussed in this episode:

• First contact with dancesport;
• Emotions of their first tryout;
• Knowing your partner 100%;
• Winning under 21 world titles;
• Consistency of training;
• Mindset during the competition;
• Best and worst moments;
• The pressure of the competitive system;
• The importance of external support;
• Coaching seen as parenting;
• Excitement of learning something new.

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

About our guests:

Charismatic, fresh and ready to deliver high-standard performances every time. No description does justice to the greatness achieved by Marius Balan and Khrystyna Moshenska in the dancesport world. Constantly conquering the top of WDSF Adult Latin ranking, Marius and Khrystyna seek to continue working hard and to set high-quality standards for Latin routines.

Through lots of traveling, training, trying to keep up with healthy behaviors, what keeps them going is the aspiration to put on a first-class act. Dancing as both body & soul experience.

You can follow them on:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KristinaMarius/
• Instagram Marius: https://www.instagram.com/marius_balan/
• Instagram Khrystyna:https://www.instagram.com/kristinamoshenskaya/

Topics discussed in this episode:

• How they began dancing together;
• Starting at an early age;
• Other sports practiced in school;
• Keeping motivated;
• Marius’s inspirational icon;
• The pressure of giving 100% every time;
• A typical week schedule;
• Health-related risks associated with dancing;
• The Cuban Experience;
• Best piece of advice received;
• The perfect approach for dancers’ parent.

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

About our guest:

Jay Olson, M.Sc. is a doctoral researcher at McGill University. He has also been a magician since he was 7 years old. Jay is known for his work as a consultant to reduce fatigue and improve the performance of business travelers and elite athletes.

Jay Olson is interested in how psychology and magic can be combined and overlapped. In the podcast, you can find how the placebo effect and the power of suggestion can help you enhance your performance and reduce jet lag, along with tip and tricks concerning light exposure.

Find out more about Jay Olson on https://www.jayolson.org/.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• How he got into magic;
• Overlapping and combining magic and psychology;
• Magic as a method in psychology;
• Circadian rhythm;
• Sleep hygiene;
• Light exposure & jet lag;
• Melatonin - if and when to take it;
• His go-to sleeping tools;
• Placebo & the power of suggestion;
• The psychology behind magic - influence.

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

About our guests:

Young and highly determined to leave a mark in the dancesport world. Madis Abel and Aleksandra Galkina partnered up in 2012 and ever since they’ve been working hard and aiming for the stars in WDSF Standard division. Madis is a mountain of calmness and sharpness, while Aleksandra’s exuberant energy completes it perfectly and makes it a perfect pair. They get their inspiration from their trainer, Aleksander Makarov and together they brought Estonia on the #6 place in the world ranking.

You can follow them on:

• Madis Abel & Aleksandra Galkina / Facebook/ Instagram
• Madis Abel / Instagram
• Aleksandra/ Instagram

Topics discussed in this episode

• A typical week schedule
• Psychological preparation before a competition
• Partnership approach
• Changing yourself vs. changing your partner
• The impact of the teacher (Aleksander Makarov)
• Setting goals

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

About our guests:

Young, fresh and up for great things. Those words describe Anastasia Novikova and Winson Tam, winners of the World Open Latin in Belgrade in 2017. They both started at an early age are working hard ever since. Winson is easy going and catches the moves fast. Anastasia is analytical and thinks every move through. A complementary pair.
Through neverending trainings, practices, and routines what keeps them going is the feeling dancesport fires in them.

You can follow them on:
Anastasia Novikova/ Instagram, Facebook, Facebook for bddanceshoes
Winsom Tam/ Instagram, Facebook, YouTube

Topics discussed in this episode

• Starting at an early age
• Keeping motivated
• Their dancing and training schedule
• Seeking for inspiration and refreshing routines
• Where does talent come from
• Complementing each other
• The experience of doing 10 dances
• The importance of maintaining
• The trio of coaches: Tatsiana Lahvinovich Galchun, Alexey Galchun, and Zoran Ploh
• The side-business of Anastasia
• Winson's vlog

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

About our guest:

Born in Slovenia, Barbara already started to teach at the age of 18. Now, with more than 30 years of experience as an adjudicator and trainer, she has an open eye for every student and believes that dance is an opportunity to express life's values. Her educational project Cuban Experience in Havana, in cooperation with leading Cuban experts from Instituto Superior del Arte, was translated in the form of a short documentary called Back to the roots and in a book with the same name.

Find more about the Cuban experience here.
You can buy her book here.

Topics discussed in this episode

• Discovering her mission in life
• No method is universal for each student
• Barbara's way of teaching
• Translating information into sensing
• Pulling out potential out of people
• Proving vs. improving
• The meaning of dancing
• The documentary & the book "BACK TO THE ROOTS"
• Teachers as a bridge between past and future
• Looking for vs. looking at

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

About the guest:

In 1998  after giving some lectures convinced by his close friend Ruth Vermeij, Maximilian let go of his commercial years in advertising.  Soon from a communication specialist in advertising, he turns to be a communication specialist in dance, a performance coach who loves finding the strengths that lie in the couples he works with. He decided to take his experience and put his knowledge in books to help dancers communicate better and find ways of relieving the stress and coping with it during tense times.

You can find more on his workshops by following Team Amsterdam: http://www.dutchdancelab.com/workshops-2018 .

Website: http://www.yourmaximum.com/team/maximilliaan/

• The three lectures in Holland
• Dance to your Maximum & Dance Without Stress
• The safety of the studio and the danger of the competition
• The difference between a teacher and a performance coach
• Working for stamina vs. Working for a performance
• Dealing with stress
• The importance of repetition for the mind & body
• The connection between breathing and musicality
• The personal contribution and the charisma
• The main 3 things Maximilian advises couples to do

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.