Danc Let’s
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allroom dancing is back. The popular prime-time show Dancing with the Stars has helped to raise awareness of this almost lost art. Now, with movies like Take the Lead and Shall We Dance? appearing on the silver screen, we’ve even learned a few more things about it. What we find is something rarely found anywhere else in society. Whether dancing the Foxtrot to Sinatra or the Salsa to Shakira, one thing remains the same—the man leads and the woman follows. I have often joked that everything I know about marriage I learned from ballroom dance. It’s corny, but there’s some truth to it. Even Jane Austen recognized it when she wrote that she considers dancing to be a picture of marriage—charity
