In a sizzling, Saturday afternoon, several dozen amateur dancers are feeling the Latin beat in the comfort of an air-conditioned dance studio near the Galleria. Outside, the heat index is in the 90s.

“Dancing with the Stars” continued its 32nd season on October 3. So what happened on “Latin Night” when the remaining competitors performed a samba, rumba, cha cha, salsa or tango? Follow along below ...

After last week's shocking elimination of fan-favorite Sherri Shepherd, the DANCING competitors were widdled down to nine. Going into the halfway point of the competition, the remaining dancers and ...

"Some layers of clothing might come off!" says the pro dancer Peta Murgatroyd is a former Dancing with the Stars champion, winning the coveted mirror-ball trophy in season 14 – only her second season ...

THE PALLADIUM BALLROOM at Broadway and 53rd Street, once a mecca for fans of Latin dance, closed its doors long ago. The summer resorts in the Catskills, where a mambo circuit once flourished, have ...

Champion dancer Sara Panero at the B.I.G. Salsa Dance Festival in Houston. There are lots of different styles of Latin dance: there's mambo, merengue, rumba, salsa, samba, and then bachata. Marco ...

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Brazilian music and dance are taking over Boulder for the first annual Colorado Brazil Fest, hosted by the Boulder Samba School. The three-day Brazilian culture immersion festival, from Aug. 2-4, will ...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - East shimmied with West in Tokyo as thousands of Japanese and Brazilians danced to the rapturous beat of the samba in an Asian-flavored carnival that would have made Rio de ...

Samba Heat Dance, a proud member of the National Dance Society, World Artistic Dance Federation, and South African Artistic Dance Association, is inviting local dancers to their studio at the ...

The 2011 Latin Grammy Awards will take place this Thursday in Las Vegas. For those unfamiliar with the categories and nominees, Betto Arcos of KPFK's Global Village returns to weekends on All Things ...