Every Wednesday, urban cowboys two-step down to the Dark Horse Tavern in hippish Virginia-Highland to learn how to line dance. The next day, a different crowd meets a boot scoot away at Neighbor’s Pub ...

It’s Friday night and my husband Jeff and I are in a suburban Connecticut dance studio, learning the cha-cha with 12 other adults. Della Reese is singing “Why Don’t You Do Right?” over the sound ...

“One, two, three, four, five, six, seven eight!” shouted Derrick Minter last week. “Up! Down! Up! Down! Break! Break! Break! Break! Good job! Good job!” Minter, a modern dance professor at the ...

Around Kansas City, there are both social dances and group classes that welcome beginners. Kansas City has been swinging since the 1930s and a vibrant dance community keeps the tradition active.