Winners: 2018 National Dance Championships

Did you hear about the results of the 2018 National Dance Championships? Fred Astaire Dance Studios returned to the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek for the 2018 Fred Astaire National Dance Championships last weekend. In honor of the mouse that made Orlando famous, they celebrated their final competition of the year with an enchanting “Under The Sea”… Read More

Reasons Why Real Men Dance

We’ve watched celebrities like Donny Osmond, Apollo Ohno and Emmitt Smith take home the mirror ball trophy on “Dancing With the Stars”…and their skills are nothing short of amazing!       Let’s face it– most guys are not celebrities with professional dance partners.  So why should the average man feel confident enough to let… Read More

Let’s Scare Up Some Spooky Dance Moves

In some ways, Halloween and dancing have a lot in common. Both can feature some pretty fantastic costumes, and both can give the participants a chance to step outside of themselves for a little while. Whether you’re dancing the tango or two-stepping across a sawdust floor, dancing gives you a chance to escape your ordinary… Read More

The Swing of Things: A Recipe for Dancing

Need a recipe for dancing? You have to follow some basic instructions, but in the end, it’s the personal bits and pieces that make it great. A little bit of this and a little bit of that makes for a great dish and a great dance. As it turns out, it also makes for a… Read More

Let’s “Slip” Into Fall Y’all!

Oh, those dancing fails! If you want to make an omelet, you’ll have to break a few eggs. The same can be said with dance. The pursuit of perfection (or just plain fun!) is often fraught with failures. Who hasn’t taken a tumble or suffered a slip? There’s no doubt that our beloved Fred had… Read More