Melissa Mansfield Mar 3, 2020 1 min You Can Be Afraid & Still Be Brave I don’t think brave means being fearless. I think brave means digging down into your inner strength and using it to do what’s right.
Melissa Mansfield May 26, 2018 4 min A Dancer's Rant: Stop Telling Me to Relax! The mantra of the dance world: “relax”. “RELAX.” Talk to anyone learning a partner dance and they will hear this over and over and over....
Melissa Mansfield Mar 27, 2018 2 min Feeling Intimidated? Ask Them to Dance Anyway A girlfriend and I were talking the other day about guys not asking her to dance salsa. A lot of times she’ll have to ask them to dance...
Melissa Mansfield Mar 16, 2018 3 min No More Shame. Beauty is a Performance Art. When I watched the video of my first Reggaeton Fusion performance workshop I felt so bad, I wound up crying. It was not the reaction I...
Melissa Mansfield Mar 1, 2018 1 min Dreams Don't Have Deadlines "Dreams don't have deadlines." LL Cool J For years I dreamed of studying dance in Cuba. And not just on vacation. But really settling in...
Melissa Mansfield Feb 16, 2018 3 min Dance is for Everyone: And That Means Boys Too My friend proudly posted a picture on Facebook. It was her young son's first day of dance class and he was at the barre in second...
Melissa Mansfield Feb 2, 2018 2 min Giraffes Can Dance and So Can You One weekend, while visiting a girlfriend who was my inspiration to learn salsa, I read her young daughter's book called “Giraffes Can’t...
