There are, tragically, no pictures of non-Orthodox Jews dancing with the Torah. It is only when we see photographs and paingings of non-Orthodox Jews dancing with the Torah that the greatest Jewish need be met. The journalist quoted was dealing with contrasts in order to generate a better headline. My dictionary had the negative definition of reform that the author suggested. It also had the more positive definition suggested by re-form.
Reform implies constant activity and re-evaluation and reforming.