by seattledance | Jun 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by seattledance | Jun 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by seattledance | Jun 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by seattledance | Jun 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by seattledance | May 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by seattledance | May 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...