Category: Quick Steps

Short takes on the world of dance

Wednesday Watch: Ballas Jive and Bonus DWTS

This week’s watch is a cheeky 1989 jive routine from widely decorated ballroom duo Shirley and Corky Ballas: And courtesy of offspring Mark Ballas, this week’s Dancing With the Stars delivered a strongest entry from potentially the season’s strongest star, UFC fighter Paige VanZant. VanZant brings a useful edge, having studied contemporary and jazz in…

Happy International Dance Day!

More than a wholly random calendar celebration along the lines of National Grilled Cheese Day or Houseplant Appreciation Day, International Dance Day is actually a commemoration introduced by UNESCO’s International Dance Council in 1982. The aim? To recognize dance as the illusive art form that it is, one with far fewer legal, educational, financial and…