By Alana Bittner As we fumble our way back to normal, Edwin Roa has a suggestion for reconnecting with other humans and gaining a new understanding of each other: social dancing. Roa says social dance can cure everything from partisanship and close-mindedness to existential crises. We are “at the risk of being so logical, we […]
By Alana Bittner As we fumble our way back to normal, Edwin Roa has a suggestion for reconnecting with other humans and gaining a new understanding of each other: social dancing. Roa says social dance can cure everything from partisanship and close-mindedness to existential crises. We are “at the risk of being so logical, we […]
By Natalie Jacobsen and Jessica Luck From swing to salsa, ballroom to hip-hip, tango to tap, Charlottesville’s dance scene is alive and kicking. Over the last few decades as the groups have grown in popularity and size, the communities themselves have transformed: They’re safe spaces to not only master the steps of a dance, but […]