It was a delight to see so many friends and dancers out for the first Dancing til Dusk event last Tuesday, where the inimitable Dina Blade and her excellent band treated us to some seriously jazzy grooves. The Savoy Swing Club, led by Guy Caridi, performed a...

Sometimes it’s not enough to rise from the ashes. Sometimes one has to start somewhere new to grow.― R. Raeta, Pits & Poison: These Godly Lies Most every July 4 weekend, for a few decades now, I've been at the Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland OR to celebrate...

"The foundation of James Brown's music is his dancing." While watching a documentary — Mike Judge presents...Tales from the Tour Bus — I heard writer RJ Smith uttered that statement and it kinda blew my mind. Filmmaker and writer Nelson George followed with...

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes and dance. —Oprah Winfrey I'm very familiar with forming bad habits, like scrolling social media when feeling tired or anxious. What does it take to form good habits, though, such as dancing...

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.― Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. When we gather to dance, we can experience "collective effervescence," a concept French sociologist Émile...