Riot and Frolic

a mostly ballroom dance, but also a bunch of other stuff, blog

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I own and rock people’s faces off teaching ballroom dancing at Dancers Studio in St. Paul, MN. My husband and I compete professionally in American style and wrangle eight children in our spare time. I’ve been teaching and competing in ballroom dancing for over 25 years and have lots of opinions on it.

Episode 4 : Why: Tanning for Ballroom Dance Competitions

 

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1812019/8935579-why-tanning-for-ballroom-dance-competitions.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-8935579&player=small

 

This episode is based on the blog post from April 18, 2019.

The articles I mention from SK Dancesport are here: pros and cons of fake tanning products

And here: the perfect tan

GUYS. ALL MY FAVORITE TANNERS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. 

But honestly, self-tanners have come a long way, so pick anything and try it out BEFORE YOUR EVENT.

Here's the highlighter/under-brow color I recommend : Nylon by MAC

Here's Boyko.

Here's DanceVision.

And here's my sources if you want to get nerdy:

https://www.ald.org.uk/blog/203395/lighting-skin-tones-in-theatre

https://www.iar.unicamp.br/lab/luz/ld/Diversos/maquiagem/Lights28.pdf

http://www.usailighting.com/stuff/contentmgr/files/1/54341a94e6953fb3afa22ed6800823de/misc/differentlightcolorsaffectskinandmakeup_xovain.pdf

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