Do your part to keep dancing alive. Whatever your beliefs or feelings about mask-wearing and vaccinations, please be considerate and do your part to keep others safe. It sucked to not dance for over a year, and even now, many dance venues and events have not re-opened. All it will take is a well-publicized outbreak…
DanceMaven 2020
I’m taking advantage of the coronavirus hiatus to implement a long overdue update to DanceMaven.com to make sure it stays up-to-date and easy to use. Many thanks to the organizers who kept their event info current on the site, I really appreciate you! I am moving to a new format – see the “Where to…
Coronavirus shutdown
All dance studios and venues are temporarily closed to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. Check with the studio/venue/organizer for latest details. For more information on the Coronavirus pandemic including the latest guidance, see the following resources: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention California Department of Public Health Santa Clara County Public Health
Summer 2019 Free Outdoor Concert Schedule
6 days a week of free music. Come dance with us and enjoy our local artists. See the calendar for band details (category: Club / Bar / Outdoor event )
Levels of Attraction
In the years I have been social dancing, I have experienced and witnessed many incidents of friction between couples on the floor, many of which could have been easily avoided with some simple clarification of needs and meaning. Read this together if you are in a relationship and want to dance socially. It will save…
Why a ‘deep connection’ is sometimes seen as ‘sexual’
Some dance styles, like Kizomba, Brazilian Zouk, or Bachata, use a very close connection between the partners. These dances are often described as ‘sensual’ dances. For a few, they describe these dances as ‘sexual’. I understand why some people see it as sexual. Not too long ago, I was dancing with a lead who had…
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8 Ways to Get Asked to Dance
“I’m not getting asked to dance,” she said. And I could see why. She was a skilled follower and a beautiful woman with the warmest soul. But no one noticed because she sat buried in the corner of the room looking royally annoyed. Sometimes I’m not in the mood to do a lot of social…
My Journey into Ballroom Dance Teaching
by Peggy Pollard This is waltz — in your partner’s arms, whirling around a room of happy couples, you flow through one delightful move after another, expressing magical rhythms that explode in your soul. When we waltz together, there is no evil in the world, only goodness, beauty, harmony — this is the waltz I…