Welcome back dear Willamette community! We wanted to celebrate the start off this new semester and our tenth anniversary by showing you our best moves! Thus, we present to you a variety of wonderful stories about dance from all over the world!

Dance is an expression of history and culture, and many people at Willamette are taking dance classes. Therefore, we were inspired to ask Professor Jessica Fouts for this issue’s topic. The question she posed: “What types of dance are typically performed in your country and how have they evolved over they years?”

As you go through these articles written by our contributors, you will discover all kinds of movement, from the plie to the polka. In addition, a lot of cool videos have been added to demonstrate to you how the world moves! So bust a move, get your groove on, and check it out!

From your WWN editors,

Giuliana, Hailee, & Paul