Whither shall I dance? Having fun is not a diversion from a successful life; it is the pathway to it.— Martha Beck "What would motivate you to go out dancing more often?" was a question posted in an online forum. In the poster's scenario, the community had good...

Pelé performing the bicycle kick Football is an art, like dancing. It requires whole-hearted concentration.— Arsène Wenger [football aka soccer] "O Jogo Bonito," a Portugese phrase popularized by the Brazilian footballer Pelé, is a reference to soccer (as we  in...

A child sings before it speaks, dances almost before it walks. Music is in our hearts from the beginning.— Pamela Brown Before I started dancing, around the turn of the century, I was under the impression ballrooms and dance gatherings were largely a thing of the...

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.— Saint Francis de Sales Whatever your feelings on basketball, one must admit the graceful game four tip-in by OG Anunoby of the champion New York Knicks was a beauty to behold. How a...

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.— Jane Austen Peak wedding season, I've read, is May through October. A couple's "first dance" is one of my favorite types of private lessons, as I'm a sentimental sap and invariably moved to tears...

Mural in the stairwell at Seattle's VA Medical Center 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...

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...