Lynda Wallace of Bowie, Md., right, dances at a soul line dancing night in Jessup, Md., on Feb. 26. (Photo by J. Lawler Duggan for The Washington Post) The beat speaks through his feet. Nelson Spires ...

Dance, for a long time, has been a key element of expression within Black culture. That aside, dancing brings people together in community to experience Black joy. One of the common types of ...

We all know we should be exercising, but wanting to is a different story. But what if your exercise regimen was the highlight of your week, a chance not just to get active but to see all of your ...

On a recent Tuesday inside Bowdoin Street Health Center’s community room, a group of dance students stepped in time to singer Keyshia Cole’s “Never.” Their footsteps punctuated instructions from Abiah ...

The beat speaks through his feet. Nelson Spires twists his body, slides to the right and then to the left. He’s moving in unison with more than a dozen other dancers. It’s soul-line-dancing night at a ...