Should you lead or should you follow? Should you perhaps be flexible enough to do both? These basic questions come with their own beat in San Francisco’s Metronome Ballroom, where experts of that swinging sport have been meeting this week to achieve certification in ballroom dance teaching. The scene is Metronome’s Potrero Hill studios. Sixteen … Continue reading →
For two weeks this November, the Metronome Dance Center in San Francisco will host the first national Professional Ballroom Dance Teachers College. The Teachers College aims to provide aspiring dance teachers from around the country with the essential tools they need for a successful career as a ballroom instructor. “So many people dream of a … Continue reading →
by Paul Sterman The Oakland Tribune As a young woman growing up in Brooklyn, Diane Jarmolow’s life seemed to be all mapped out for her. “I was supposed to be a math teacher, like all the good Jewish girls from New York City were supposed to be,” she says with a smile. But Jarmolow moved … Continue reading →