Dance can be an enjoyable way to help improve the social interactions of older adults. It can have various benefits, including improved mental and physical health. Dance can be a good way to improve ...

Most exercise advice handed to older adults reads like a chore list. Walk more. Lift something light. Stretch before bed.

When daily life seems to be speeding up, who wouldn’t love to learn “how to embrace the nuances of our experience, the beautiful and the ugly, with grace and reverence?” Or share a “cathartic ...

Social ballroom dancing can improve cognitive functions and reduce brain atrophy in older adults who are at increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. That’s the key finding ...

Shuffle ball changes echo around the Jill Listi dance studio in Lafayette, but instead of girls in black leotards and pink tights, the room is full of adults dressed in their casual dance attire.

It’s Friday night and my husband Jeff and I are in a suburban Connecticut dance studio, learning the cha-cha with 12 other adults. Della Reese is singing “Why Don’t You Do Right?” over the sound ...