Some share birthdays and graduations and other big life events. It's their exercise, it's their prayers, it's their connection. It's a way of life. She says boogies provide many of the same things churches do, such as worship and community, an antidote to big-city aloofness and isolation. Declan Banfield, a Dance Jam organizer, is wary of the church comparison.
People are free to create their own experiences.
People have come and gone, but it's always there. Dance Spirit director Sabrina Page manages to create a templelike environment for her dancers in the aerobics room of a fitness center, of all places. The dark room at Nautilus of Marin is lit with colored bulbs, Christmas lights and candles. An altar holds figurines of Buddha and Shiva, as well as rocks, flowers and crystals. That's why I do this.