The Dancing Housewife Podcast

Amber Haider is a wife and mother of four children. She is a fitness enthusiast and instructor, helps manage her husband’s dental practice, is a certified life coach and the brains behind the Ballroom State of Mind podcast. As if that’s not enough to keep her busy, she’s also a competitive ballroom dancer! She joins me today to discuss how competitive ballroom dancing collided with her work a cert...

In today's episode of Coffee Break, Katie Flashner and I perform a post mortem on the first three episodes of Bravo's reality television series,  Dancing Queens. Katie is the creator of the popular Girl with the Tree Tattoo ballroom dance blog , where she has been publishing weekly reviews of each Dancing Queens episode after it airs. She also is the prolific author of five books dedicated...

This is the first episode of Coffee Break recorded on location! Rex Jones and Sam Arvidson joined me from Jones DanceSport Ballroom, their studio located at 1275 Powers Ferry Road in Marietta, Georgia. Our conversation focused on the immigration process and their recent efforts to recruit dance instructors from Europe. For more information on programs and classes at Jones DancSport Ballroom, visit...

Joining me today is successful entrepreneur ,Ilia Kolosov. If you're a ballroom dancer you know Ilia as the Aida shoe guy, but you might be surprised to know helping dancers realize their dreams is not his only passion. Ilia is also a successful life coach and today he shares his story. If you're interested in learning more about Aida shoes, visit the website at https://aidadance.us and be...

Do you ever wonder what judges think when they watch you dance? Joining me to help answer that question is WDSF and USA Dance adjudicator, Dana Edwards. Dana is co-owner of Invitation to Dance, LLC in Hilliard, Oh and co-organizer of New World Dance Sport Challenge If you are enjoying Coffee Break with The Dancing Housewife, share it with your friends and be sure to click the Follow button so you...

Hello dancing friends and Happy Mothers Day! Today’s episode isn’t replacing the regular weekly episode scheduled to drop tomorrow morning. It’s the first Coffee Break special bonus episode!   My plan is, every so often, to produce a bonus episode to celebrate something special. Since today is Mothers’ Day, I thought I’d share a Mothers’ Day post I published to my very first blog, Just Another Ord...

Randall Designs broke an extended sabbatical from vending at dance competitions by attending the Rio Grande Dance Classic in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 13-16 of this year. Unfortunately, they suffered a massive theft including 13 Latin dresses, one of which is the last dress the company's founder and iconic designer, Randall Christensen, had created before his untimely death in 2019. In...

Do you ever wonder what judges are thinking while they watch you dance? I do... all the time and that's why I invited successful ballroom dance judge, the distinguished John Swick, to join me for Coffee Break. Grab yourself a cup o' Joe and eavesdrop as we discuss his thoughts on tanning, fishnets, man buns tattoos and more! Would you like me to invite someone in particular from the fascinating wo...

If you've seen Mad, Hot Ballroom, the 2005 documentary film, you're already acquainted with Dancing Classrooms. In today's episode, Board of Trustees member, Yang Chen, and Executive Director, Nancy Kleaver take us behind the scenes as we explore the mission, vision and purpose of this incredible non-profit organization founded over thirty years ago by Pierre Dulaine and Yvonne Marceau...

Do you ever wonder what judges are thinking while they watch you dance? I do... all the time and that's why I invited ballroom dance judge extraordinaire, Kimberley Mitchell, to join me for Coffee Break. Grab yourself a cup o' Joe and eavesdrop as we discuss her thoughts on tanning, fishnets, man buns tattoos and more! Would you like me to invite someone in particular from the fascinating...

Do you ever wonder what judges are thinking while they watch you dance? Join The Dancing Housewife and ballroom dance judge extraordinaire, Kimberley Mitchell, for Coffee Break to find out! Episode drops Monday, April 17 and is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts Google podcasts, I Heart Radio and Amazon Music. Visit www.thedancinghousewife.com for details and don't forget to subscribe so you...

Coming soon! Coffee Break, a new ballroom dance mini podcast brought to you by the creators of the popular Dancing Housewife blog. Each week your host, Antoinette Datoc, will take a coffee break with a different guest from the fascinating world of ballroom dancing. We call it a mini podcast because no episode will EVER (we hope) consume more than twenty minutes of your time, so grab yourself a cup...