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Hello and welcome to the “Life Lessons from the Dance Floor” blog! Dancing has been one of my greatest joys and self-care tools for five decades, and I hope to dance into my nineties! This art form has helped me through numerous life challenges and to discover/rediscover my authentic self time and again.

As a very young child, I recreated movie dance numbers and performed in our basement. In middle school, I disco danced in the cafeteria every morning before classes. In high school, I danced in Pippin and West Side Story musicals. In college and as a young adult, I dabbled in adult jazz and ballet lessons. When my children were young, I held Saturday night family dance parties in our living room. I became a “dance mom” and performed with other parents in some of my daughter’s recitals and Nutcracker ballets.

After my marriage ended I delved into competitive ballroom and Latin dancing for five years and also tried club salsa dancing. During the pandemic, I cranked classics and boogied around my house every day to keep my spirits up. Post-pandemic I went out club and swing dancing wearing a mask. In 2023 I took up group and private tap lessons and dipped my toes back into ballroom lessons. A goal for 2024 is to dance as often as possible and enjoy as many styles as possible including ballroom, tap, salsa, and swing — and of course, disco!