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We, the dancers, inspiring wonder

We, the dancers, inspiring wonder

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...
Will you…dance with me?

Will you…dance with me?

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...
When all else fails, Music succeeds 𝄢

When all else fails, Music succeeds 𝄢

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...
Stumbling into serendipity

Stumbling into serendipity

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...
Elucidate the essence, then bend the rules

Elucidate the essence, then bend the rules

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...