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Ballroom Dancing, Bruce Lee, and the Art of Non-verbal Communication

Ballroom Dancing, Bruce Lee, and the Art of Non-verbal Communication

Although ballroom dancing and martial arts might seem unrelated in many ways, there's a reason why martial art master Bruce Lee was also a good ballroom dancer, and there's a reason why some of the most masterful martial art masters in the world -- like the aikido master Ken Ota -- also run ballroom dancing studios where they teach style, grace, and etiquette along with self-defense.

Dancing with a Robot?

Dancing with a Robot?

Some people taking ballroom dancing lessons might be told that their movements are a bit robotic, but maybe that is a compliment. Recently, Diego Felipe Paez Granados, a researcher at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, and his team of researchers revealed a robot dance partner who helps beginning dancers improve their skills.

From Ball and Ballare: Ballroom dancing

From Ball and Ballare: Ballroom dancing

Before Dancing With the Stars, there was Dancing Before the Court. Derived from folk dances and performed by the European elite in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, court dances required dancers to face the throne while dancing. Considered unacceptable to turn one’s back on a ruler, this became known as “fronting the state”

Pursue Your Passion: Taking Ballroom Dance Lessons

Pursue Your Passion: Taking Ballroom Dance Lessons

Ballroom dancing has always had a way of capturing an audience. From the days of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers to the more modern, Dancing with the Stars, there has always been something appealing about gliding across the floor while being swept away by the music.