Social Life Dance Center, Madison

Couples easily chat while swaying slowly through fox trots before the long mirror at Social Life Dance Center, or become a whirlwind of limbs led along by salsa music. The sleepy cry of steel guitars fills the studio during two-step lessons, and cha-cha, rumba, and a host of other Latin dances torch calories and forge new friendships in group lessons. During private lessons, instructors slowly adjust the footwork of pupils to prepare them for wedding dances, competitions, or new jobs stomping all the bubble wrap at an office.