If you have been wanting to burnish your swingout style, or simply start swing dancing for the first time, an effervescent ...

In a harrowing scene of Titanic, the 1997 movie I’ve seen dozens of times, a string quartet of musicians begins to play the song, “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” on the deck of the sinking ship. I was ...

“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.