Winners – West Coast Dance Championships

Is your idea of a perfect weekend filled with sequins, shoe polish, bronzer and competitors’ numbers? Then we hope you were at the West Coast Dance Championships earlier this month! For two days, dancers from the West Coast region thrilled and entertained judges and their peers, and by the end of the weekend, everyone had… Read More

Old Hollywood Is Back!: How Fred Astaire influenced La La Land

Sunday night, La La Land dominated the Golden Globes, winning all seven of the awards for which it was nominated, including Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Score and Best Screenplay. So what made this movie so magical? Well, according to the movie’s choreographer, some of the inspiration came from our own Fred Astaire!  La… Read More

The Swing of Things: Celebrating 100 Years of Samba

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first Samba song ever recorded — the moment when the Samba music and dance style changed dance history forever. As we celebrate such an old and iconic dance style, lets take some time to celebrate new styles of dance as well. 100 Years of Samba The traditional… Read More