If you're feeling depressed, dance may be for you. In 2023, Gallup reported 29% of US adults had been diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives. The National Geographic article Why dancing can be more powerful than antidepressants (Sep.2025, Note: It's...

Reverie Ballroom Grand Opening Celebration, Grand Ballroom What a glorious celebration over the weekend at the Reverie Ballroom's grand opening! Enthusiastic crowds and joyous dancing marked the start of a new era. Congratulations to Executive Director Eliza Wilder...

"Music has the power to affect our health and wellbeing." —National Institutes of Health (NIH) While washing dishes I noticed, after thumping the stainless steel sink, that the water in an empty cat food can developed an intricate standing wave pattern. These...

"There are two means of refuge," said Albert Schweitzer, "from the misery of life — music and cats*.” To this I can attest. The cuddling my cat Grizzy gave me — when I got home from a trip last week to see my mom and stepdad, Don, in Florida — was an uncommon comfort...

How can we facilitate fun and dynamic physical conversations when partner dancing? Lisa Vegas does a commendable job enumerating some techniques in her blog Building Trust and Communication on the Dance Floor. Vegas breaks it down into three sections:...

I had an amazing triple-header last week, starting Thursday with running the Dancing til Dusk event featuring The Long Ovals at Lake Union Park. What a party! The setting was lovely and the band and crowd — an estimated 400-800 revelers throughout the night...

I'm not sure choking down leafy greens is the best metaphor for dance, but the article Is Dancing the Kale of Exercise? (NYT, 30-Apr-2019) made me laugh and brought up some sweet memories of Frankie Manning and Norma Miller, two beloved superheros of the...

It's no secret dancing creates connection, movement, joy, and community for its practitioners. New to me was this study (National Institutes of Health, 16-Aug-2022) concluding ballroom dancing increases our empathy, i.e, "the ability to share someone else's...

I was privileged to participate in two celebrations this past weekend, which both happened to involve couples celebrating their 40th Anniversary. Both were extraordinarily joyful occasions, and I realized no significant celebration, to me these days, would feel...