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...center of the ballroom sits Miramax co-chair Harvey Weinstein. In his speech from the stage he ruefully acknowledges that the company will probably have an empty-handed Oscar night for the first time in many years. But he rejects the view that Miramax had gone gooey with "Chocolat." "Wait till you see the first few minutes of "Gangs of New York?" he teases, referring to the long-awaited Martin Scorsese movie, which has been shooting in Italy. This is vintage Weinstein. He turns this year's Oscar disappointment into next year's Oscar anticipation. He is part Louis...
...because their parents want them to, but they won't want to come back unless those classes have a certain coolness factor. And the media are confirming that dancing is very cool. The Broadway musical Swing and movies like Dance with Me, Swing Kids and Swingers all celebrate dancing. Ballroom-style dance routines are also turning up on MTV and in movies like What Women Want, Blast from the Past and The Mask of Zorro. Ballroom competitions are being presented more frequently on TV. Latin stars like Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez and Carlos Santana are releasing numerous ballroom songs that...
...that being able to dance well can give them confidence at a time in their life when they need all the help they can get. Brieanna Everts, 14, acknowledges that she was really shy until she began dancing the East Coast swing and the lindy hop at the Pasadena Ballroom Dance Association. She now finds it much easier to handle social situations. Also once timid, Andrea Mosley, 16, of Alta Loma, Calif., learned to dance at a swing camp she attended with her family. Clearly more poised, she happily admits that "dance helped me get out of my shell." Because...
...Ballroom classes and parties provide a safe environment that parents--and kids--appreciate. Linda Wakefield, a mother of five and the assistant artistic director of the ballroom-dance company at Brigham Young University, notes that "kids today want to go out and have fun, but in a way that they don't have to be violated--physically, mentally or emotionally." Ken Richards, national director of publicity for the U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association www.usabda.org) also believes that "kids are looking for activities where they can socialize, where boys and girls can get together, without its being about sex and drugs...
...when do we start? Many teachers and ballroom experts hold that the younger a child is when introduced to ballroom the better. "If you introduce dance at a grade-school level, you are doing everyone a public service," suggests Michael Fitzmaurice, publisher of the magazine Dancing U.S.A. "The principles taught in ballroom are skills that children can carry over into other areas. It is like tennis or golf--when you are taught the fundamentals, you have the ability to develop good form throughout." Middle schoolers in particular benefit from ballroom, believes Tammy Hutchinson of the Atlanta-based Cotillion group, because...