by seattledance | Oct 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by seattledance | Sep 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by seattledance | Sep 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by seattledance | Sep 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by seattledance | Sep 8, 2026 | Holidays, Labor Day
Image from the article Why the cult classic ‘Newsies’ is a perfect Labor Day movie, August 30, 2024 You can do it like it is a great weight on you or you can do it like it’s part of the dance. — Ram Dass [In the spirit of Labor Day, I’m taking unpaid leave...
