If you really want a woman to love you, then you have to dance. And if you don't want to dance, then you're going to have to work extra hard to make a woman love you forever, and you will always run the risk that she will leave you at any second for a man who knows...

Sometimes life drops blessings in your lap without your lifting a finger. Serendipity, they call it.— Charlton Heston My dance teaching mentor, MaryLee Lykes, used to call Folklife Festival the "high holy days of dance." And while a huge part of the draw for me has...

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.— Winston Churchill What does it mean to learn and authentically represent — perhaps even teach — a dance style, if one is not from the culture that created the style? Numerous dances I love, for...

Seattle & Portland dancers at Gator by the Bay 2026 with Grammy Award winner Chubby Carrier Your true home is in the here and the now.— Thich Nhat Hanh In last week's letter from the editor, Let dance do the talking, I addressed the topic of talking while...

Oh, don't you dare look backJust keep your eyes on meI said, You're holding backShe said, Shut up and dance with me — From the song Shut Up and Dance by Walk the Moon "I can either talk or dance; I can't do both." I've related this as a limitation of mine, for years,...

Screen capture near the end of the film Dancing Lives by BJ Bullert. If we could get world leaders to learn to dance — and corporate leaders — to be open, and dance with everyone...the world would be a radically different place. —Walter Dill A whirlwind of...

Darling, don’t ever be too shy to dance your heart out.—Audrey Hepburn I can't tell you how many dancers I've talked to who claim to be introverted, like me. Luckily, partner dancing is a great social pursuit for introverts! As Jenny Levina says in her...

Bellingham Honky Tonk Social Club event, photo and associated article by Eli Voorhies Our arms start from the back because they were once wings. —Martha Graham It's thrilling — and intimidating, for me — to venture into an unfamiliar dance scene. Thanks to...

We are never more truly and profoundly human than when we dance. —José Limón I love talking to fellow dancers about their first "dance ambassador." We all generally have favorite first instructors, but often there's an experienced dancer in the community who went out...