What is dancing to you ?
A series of steps
Or a conversation
Without words?
Dance is a connection
To the rhythm within
That moves you
To find yourself.
In dance is the magic
Of tuning into harmony.
Whatever the form
Dance moves you
Heart & soul
To your truth .
Savvy
Is dance a series of steps, or a conversation without words?
Here I share a curated list of 10 essential reads as a dance lover, that have shaped my journey as a dancer and educator.
Whether you’re a seasoned pro, a ballroom teacher, or someone who just took their very first “courageous step,” these titles offer a roadmap to deeper connection, both with your partner and yourself.
In this episode, we explore:
The Classics: Why technical mastery from legends like Alex Moore and Walter Laird actually sets your creativity free.
The Connection: Moving from “control” to “collaboration” with insights on leading as an invitation.
The Community: Why the dance floor should be a welcoming, inclusive space for every body.
The Soul: How movement serves as a mirror for how we trust and show up in our daily lives.
Featured Authors: Alex Moore, Victor Silvester, Walter Laird, Julia Erickson, Diane Amans, and more.
Listen to more on my Podcast :
Love one of these books? Have a recommendation of your own? Do share with me on the comments.
Keep dancing between the lines and way beyond them.
Savvy Raj
Savvy Raj 
May 17, 2026 at 1:21 am
Dance is the Oldest and Still Most Naturally
Used Social Reciprocal Communication Used
By Humans and all Other Moving Creatures too
Ah Yes Even a Lion’s Soft Strolling Dance of Grace
Across the Savannah Conserving every Calorie Like
The Rest of Living Nature does in Balance as True the
Reservoir of Antelopes may Dry Up
As the Lion Becomes Food For Grass
To Feed the Antelope Offspring
In Their Free Dance of Life
As Leaves of Savannah
Grass Gently Dance in
Wind’s Breeze Ease
Ah Yes Dear Savvy
Even a Smile is a Free
Dance Across A Face
Reflecting the Glow of
Within as Materially Reduced
Neurochemicals and Neurohormones
Dance Our Emotions Flowing Through
Our Blood Streams Lighting Up as Many
Bio-Electrical-Chemical-Neurohormonal
Cellular-Sub-Atomic Connections as there
Are A Quadrillion or So Points of Star LiGHT Above
And More than What May Be Measured Even
By Human Tools As Yes the Dance of Existence
Continues As Vibrations Frequencies And Synergies
of Energies Continue to Come From DarK into LiGHT
For the MuSiC
Of Life that is
Also NoW Eternally
We For Real to BREaTHE Free
As Yes every breath is a real dance
to give share care heal for all of
Existence
With Most
Respect and
Least Harm
With
SMiLes
as the dance
continues free…
Perhaps additionally
generating a free Song
Hehe Even a Big Bang
And A Big Bang Again
Even Perhaps Out of Black
Holes as Falling Stars Dance
A Spin and Torsion in Perfecting Balance With
Multi-Uni-Verses Springing Forth including us
for
now
at Least
Again With SMiLes..:)
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June 4, 2026 at 1:25 pm
Wonderful expansiveness in your thoughts and shares.
Movements in the moments be it a dance to music or emotions of the heart, hearing the rhythm divine, or dancing thoughts truly are all unique to each of us and thats what makes it so precious inside out.
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June 5, 2026 at 3:47 am
Diversity
Of Dance
And Song
Coloring
MuSiC
Of
Creation
With SMiles
Dear
Savvy
Thank You☺️🙏
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June 5, 2026 at 4:20 pm
Yes indeed. 🙏
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June 3, 2026 at 3:49 pm
A lovely, fluid reflection on dance elegant and meaningful. It captures dance not just as movement, but as connection, expression, and inner truth. Beautifully written, with a strong sense of rhythm and soul throughout.
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June 4, 2026 at 10:33 am
Appreciate your heartfelt reflections. Yes dance is connection not just between the music & the moves, but of the heart & the mind waltzing along in its unique rhythm & resonance.
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