Get ready for that big bash by gifting a friend or loved one or yourself with a private dance lesson! If you already dance, pickup up some tested and true technique and principles from a professional entertainer. If you are new to dance, start out confidently and comfortable in a safe space for learning at your own pace. Various styles exist, pick up the ones that make you personally look AND feel good. Limited time $50 for one-hour private dance lesson (for 1-2 persons) Offer expires January 1st 2011.

Classes continue in December: 5pm Youth, 6pm Adult Ballroom 7pm Salsa/Bachata (drop-in $15) Mark your calendars for our FAMILY HOLIDAY DANCE Party Monday Dec. 27th 4:30pm-5:45pm at Kenyon Hall. Light beverages and tasty homemade snacks provided,$5 suggested donation. Invite friends and family for an afternoon of good cheer and dancing to Swing, Salsa, Tango, Merengue and more! Please rsvp to balorico@gmail.com or call 206 679-7229.

I love Arts in Education because you get to experience first hand those "aha" moments that students have when they discover something new AND it makes sense to them. Immediately following this utopia moment, the student adult or youth usually opens up a bit more to his/her fellow dancers and it the relaxed open energy becomes a snowball effect, allowing everyone else to ease up,let go and JUST DANCE! This Fall there's been plenty of this. Most recently with the "Mambo Teens" from the Black Achievers Program in partnership with Andre Mintz. Also making headway with creating a louder voice for Dance as an important subject next to Math and Science with the ladies of the Dance Educators Association of Washington State. Currently we are working on encouraging existing dance schools to qualify their institutions of instruction with the National Dance Honor Society regional chapter. This will serve to motivate and recognize young dancers pursuing their drea...