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...

The secret of tango is in this moment of improvisation that happens between step and step. It is to make the impossible thing possible: to dance silence. —Carlos Gavito "The most sought-after leads have a very special quality," suggests Laura Riva in her...

Image from the article “Shake Rattle and Roll” by Big Joe Turner Now flip, flop and flyI don't care if I die— Big Joe Turner Big Joe Turner, dubbed the "Boss of the Blues", hailed from Kansas City, Missouri and was a master across multiple genres including blues,...