When Maria started experiencing memory lapses at 73, her doctor suggested medications and puzzles. Instead, she joined a weekly dance class. Six months later, her cognitive assessments showed ...

The graceful movements of dance offer seniors a unique opportunity to enhance their stability. Regular participation in dance classes helps older adults maintain and improve their balance—a critical ...

Staying physically active helps seniors boost energy, improve mood, and strengthen the mind-body connection. (Leslie Sokol's Dance photo) The connection between your physical and mental well-being is ...

The doctor is in and this time it's geriatrician Doctor Chandini Sharma. We're talking about dancing as a form of exercise. Dr. Sharma: "Most people just dance around weddings or big occasions, but if ...

Deb Sayre and Debbie Ross participated in Zumba Gold on recent Monday morning. GREENFIELD – Latin music fills the Greenfield Senior Center’s recreation space every Monday morning, and Deb Sayre’s ...

You likely know that, as you age, staying active and healthy can help you maintain the ability to do the things you love—whether it’s walking, gardening, traveling, or simply keeping up with your ...

Alice Sakaye, whose mom Maria Liang owns the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, says that dancing always made her mother and fellow studio patrons the happiest. Liang was “always making ...

Three mornings a week, 96-year-old Catherine Connor, of Hartford, makes it her mission to get to the South End Wellness Senior Center in Hartford to dance, sing, move, and converse with her friends.

The South County Senior Center in Edgewater reopened Tuesday following a nearly $2.5 million expansion and renovation project. Complete with an exercise room, dance space and an office for private ...