Episode 2 of Dancing Queens showed us the real drama of a ballroom competition, as students and their teachers put everything they have into their performances in hopes of being noticed by the judges, making the final and ultimately winning their event. …

Dancing Queens, a new reality show on Bravo about pro-am ballroom dancers, premiered last Tuesday. There was a lot of anticipation leading up to the first episode, after the trailer riled some people up. Personally, I was so curious to see how Bravo, a network known for melodramatic reality shows…

Last week, I saw this trailer on social media: Your initial reactions are probably similar to mine. My eyes rolled a little at the extreme push to overdramatize, like every good reality show does. …

I turned 40 this past Thursday! During the last week of my 30s, I set an intention to finish my 30s and begin my 40s with as much joy as I could find in each day. On this 4th day of being 40, I’d say it’s been a success. That…

I kicked off the last day of 2022 with my regular Saturday morning Zumba class. All of my new friends here have come from that studio, which makes it a special place for me. Like my ballroom studio in California, it feels like a home away from home. A place…

Dance is often referred to as an art/sport because of the athleticism required to produce beautiful and inspiring performances. Dance is a full-body workout, no question there. It’s also a mental and emotional workout as we try to remember all of the choreography and technique required to move our bodies…

Dance is my outlet for expressing my creativity through movement. It’s a way for me to creatively take predefined structures and bend them to fit my personal style. With the ballroom dances in particular, I also get inspired by the collaboration between dance partners — working together to create something…

I did something different in this past week’s ballroom lesson: I learned to lead! Traditionally, men lead and women follow in the ballroom dances. However, it’s very common outside of the U.S. to see female couples competing in ballroom, especially in younger or more beginner levels, simply because there aren’t…

If your head automatically bobbed a little when you read the title, then you’ll understand where I’m coming from in this story. My body looooves to move to music. It moves at the mere mention of a familiar catchy song like “I Like to Move It” by Reel 2 Real…