“Collage 2015: Innovation” dance concert at Casa del Prado Theater in Balboa Park over the next three weekends was inspired by the park’s centennial celebration. “This year marks the centennial ...

Before twerking, before Gangnam style, before the Macarena, Newport Beach was the birthplace of a big band-era dance that time hasn’t quite forgotten. The Balboa. Its precise origins are fuzzy. But ...

It’s a three-day love affair with dance when the Celebrate Dance Festival comes to Balboa Park next weekend. More than 50 performances will take place on two stages — at the Casa del Prado Theatre and ...

Michele McDougal is pictured in this undated photo. As a child, I longed to take tap dancing classes, but my family couldn't afford them. When I was 46 years old, I met someone who encouraged me to ...

Imagine for a moment that you have traveled back in time to a 1940s-era dance hall. Men and women are crowded on the dance floor, a jazz band plays lively swing music in the corner. The couples hold ...