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Dance to obliterate space and time

Dance to obliterate space and time

Photos from Seabeck Dance Camp 2025 (NW Dance) The space theme for NW Dance’s Seabeck Camp this past weekend was right up my alley. Friends with telescopes used to take me along to Red Rock Canyon in the California desert, where we’d marvel at planets,...
Live music for longer lives! 🎶

Live music for longer lives! 🎶

Good news: Attending live music shows can help you live up to nine years longer! As little as 20 minutes of live music every two weeks can result in a longevity boost by increasing your sense of well-being, positively influencing self-worth, and enhancing connection...
Grateful for music, dance, community

Grateful for music, dance, community

Each year, at one of my dances around Thanksgiving, we provide strips of paper on which dancers can write what they’re grateful for. I’m always deeply moved by what’s expressed, and throughout the night I read as many as possible to the crowd. This...
Dancers: A history of degenerates

Dancers: A history of degenerates

“Indulgence in the turkey trot, the tango and other objectionable modern dances is as much a violation of the seventh commandment as adultery.” So bloviated Rev. Father Wm. A. Brothers, a clergyman from Montclair, NJ around the year 1913. (Library of Congress) The...
Magic Dances: You, Me & the Music

Magic Dances: You, Me & the Music

When you are dancing…for that two and a half minutes…it’s a love affair, between you and your partner and the music. You feel the music, you feel your partner, she feels you and she feels the music. So there the three of you are together....
Dance responsibly: Know when to say nothing

Dance responsibly: Know when to say nothing

“Take 100% responsibility for yourself” is a piece of advice in a Dance with Brandee article — about getting more of what you want on the dance floor — that stood out for me. Brandee lists this under tips for follows, but I think it goes equally...