Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.—Martha Graham “The more I move,” says Japan's “dancing salaryman”, Toru Utsumi, “the more my spirit rises, and I start feeling good.” Utsumi was featured in a NYT...

What can you say, when a man asks you to dance with him? I most certainly will NOT dance with you, I'll see you in hell first.—Dorothy Parker, Complete Stories The realization struck me, some years ago, that I'd learned to tread lightly when accidentally stepping on...

Tap Dancer Evan Ruggiero (Dance Magazine) Dance is medicine. Movement is potent. Empower yourself with it today.—Amy Leigh Mercree My morning ritual generally includes sweeping floors, given my small cat sheds like a molting bison. Two Thursdays ago, while bending...

Good dancing engages the brain. Great dancing engages the heart.—Len Goodman “Dance is a multidimensional physical activity of psychosocial nature.” That mouthful came from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, publishing a study from Western Sydney...

She's the first person to smile at me today.The first to make me feel wanted.Understood.I blink back tears.It's unknown how many students' liveslibrarians have savedby welcoming loners at lunch.—Lisa Fipps, Starfish "The first two dances I went to, I did exactly that:...

Reverie Ballroom image There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed. —Kate Douglas Wiggin Within a week or two of starting my initial partner dance class (a swing series with Living Traditions in 1998), I was...

Dolly Parton (January 19, 1946 – August 25, 2026) I make a point to appreciate all the little things in my life. I go out and smell the air after a good, hard rain. These small actions help remind me that there are so many great, glorious pieces of good in the world....

Angine de Poitrine at the 2026 KEXP BBQ (photos Mackenzie McAninch) Do a loony-goony dance'Cross the kitchen floor,Put something silly in the worldThat ain't been there before— Shel Silverstein My partner Erika and I found dancing joy in a most unlikely place last...