It was 1:30 a.m., at the end of my first Viennese Ball. Having been unexpectedly whisked off at 5 p.m. the previous day (lured in by free tickets), I entered the world of social dance, dizzy and giddy ...

Before I began taking ballroom dancing lessons last year, I thought dance-related travel was only for the seriously obsessed. Actually, there's a range of trips aimed at casual dancers, people who ...

A look at how dancing went from being frowned upon as dangerous and debauched in the 17th century to being celebrated as an essential social skill in the 18th. How Britain's dance floors were ...

Len Goodman and Lucy Worsley uncover the British love affair with dancing, exploring the nation's favourite dances from the 17th to the 20th centuries.