The Second Annual National Dance Day will take place on July 30, 2011 to promote awareness for dance as a medium of expression and storytelling. More importantly, National Dance Day encourages dance as a passionate and positive platform for health and wellness. Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” (SYTYCD) judge/executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe, joined [...]
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May 3rd, 2011
William and Kate’s First Dance: The Waltz
I would love to talk about dancing today, but like the rest of the world, I’m caught up in the details of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The dress, the ceremony, the hats (have you seen some of those?), the first dance…ah ha! I knew I could find a connection to dance [...]
Posted in Wedding 
Tags: american style waltz, ballroom, Ballroom Dancing, dance, dancing, first dance, International Waltz, waltz, wedding 
No Comments »April 22nd, 2011
Step Into National Dance Week
Today is the first day of National Dance Week. National Dance Week runs from April 22 – May 1, 2011. National Dance was founded with the mission to “expose and introduce as many people as possible to the enjoyment and benefits of dance.” In honor of National Dance Week we will be celebrating all things [...]
February 8th, 2011
Top 6 Slow Dance Songs
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and it’s time to get your game face on. Break out those romantic moves, and BAM! you’re sweetie won’t know what hit him or her. Maybe you’re just learning to dance, or better yet, you’re going to take lessons and learn to dance together. No matter what your [...]
Posted in General Tags: dance, dancing, romance, romantic, slow dance, Valentine's Day No Comments »February 4th, 2011
Dancing Lion, Killer Rabbit
Happy New Year everyone! Chinese New Year celebrations are in full-swing to usher in the Year of the Rabbit. Today I wore red for good luck and made sure to have delicious piece of pineapple cake for good fortune in the year ahead. There is a lot of dancing that happens during Chinese New Year [...]
Posted in Dancing Around the World Tags: Chinese New Year, dance, dancing, folk, folk dance, new year, traditional 1 Comment »January 25th, 2011
Taste of International Ballroom – this Saturday at ATOMIC-Irvine
Come out to ATOMIC Ballroom-Irvine this Saturday night to take a Taste of International Ballroom Dance. This week ATOMIC-Irvine is featuring a taste of International Waltz at 5:30 p.m., and then stay to take the International Quickstep or International Rumba at 6:15 p.m. Then stay for the beginner, intermediate, or advanced cha-cha before dancing the [...]
Posted in Ballroom Dancing Tags: ATOMIC-Irvine, ballroom, cha-cha, dancing, International Quickstep, International Waltz, rumba No Comments »