This story originally appeared in the January 2025 issue of Town&Gown magazine. New Year’s resolutions often focus on traditional ways to get fit, like running or working out at the gym. Line dancing ...

TO FAME. >> I’M A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR AND I WAS RECOVERING FROM CHEMO, SURGERY, RADIATION, AND I WAS JUST IN A BAD PLACE. AND THIS CLASS HAS SAVED MY LIFE. >> DIONNE STARKS OF BRANDON VISITS YMCA ...

One recent Wednesday night in Atlanta, dozens of people gathered in a studio space armed with water bottles, hand fans, towels and an expectation to be in sync. There were hugs among the regulars ...

It was 4:30 on a Saturday afternoon and sophomore Tamir Poindexter was demonstrating two line dances he hadn’t planned on teaching to a room full of Tufts students. By this point, the group had ...

Believe it or not, we’re unsure where line dancing originated. The method of dancing in a line or a square to a series of choreographed steps is usually associated with country music. But similar ...

Remember when the only dances you needed to know were the Cupid Shuffle, the Wobble, and maybe, if you were from the old school, the Electric Slide? Simpler times. Nowadays, that’s not enough. Whether ...