{"id":2136,"date":"2015-11-28T16:53:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T21:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2016-09-27T14:07:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T18:07:02","slug":"in-focus-yes-you-can-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2015\/11\/28\/in-focus-yes-you-can-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"In Focus: Yes, you can dance!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a Sun\u00adday af\u00adter\u00adnoon in a Mt. Leb\u00ada\u00adnon base\u00adment, One Direc\u00adtion\u2019s \u201cWhat Makes You Beau\u00adti\u00adful\u201d is blar\u00ading across a wooden dance floor as cou\u00adples line up to \u201cloosen up.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cLet\u2019s go!\u201d shouts Mr. B.<br \/>\nMr. B, as he pre\u00adfers to be called, is Bren\u00adnan Re\u00adich, 32, of Peters. He is one of a dozen or so stu\u00addents ea\u00adger for the start of a ball\u00adroom dance class at Steel City Ball\u00adroom. Cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00ading its fourth year this month, \u201cYes, You Can Dance\u201d is a non\u00adprofit that teaches ball\u00adroom danc\u00ading to those with spe\u00adcial needs.<br \/>\nPres\u00adi\u00addent, founder and ball\u00adroom dancer Becky Stern of Up\u00adper St. Clair said she started the com\u00adpany to in\u00adtro\u00adduce peo\u00adple with cog\u00adni\u00adtive dis\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adties to the ben\u00ade\u00adfits of ball\u00adroom danc\u00ading.<br \/>\n&#8220;Ball\u00adroom danc\u00ading is unique in that you are part\u00adner\u00ading and com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcat\u00ading non\u00adver\u00adbally. You\u2019re com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcat\u00ading head to toe,\u201d Ms. Stern said.<br \/>\nThe class is also a chance to so\u00adcial\u00adize and build con\u00adfi\u00addence, said Terry Dzurenda of Bald\u00adwin. Her daugh\u00adter, Tracey, 30, smiles as she shows off her new danc\u00ading shoes, which she&#8217;s wear\u00ading for the first time.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a chance to see them not as some\u00adone with spe\u00adcial needs, but as a dancer in the crowd,\u201d Ms. Stern said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:500px;height:350px;\" data-ps-embed-type=\"slideshow\" data-ps-embed-gid=\"G0000b2P6DUkJw5A\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a Sun\u00adday af\u00adter\u00adnoon in a Mt. Leb\u00ada\u00adnon base\u00adment, One Direc\u00adtion\u2019s \u201cWhat Makes You Beau\u00adti\u00adful\u201d is blar\u00ading across a wooden dance floor as cou\u00adples line up to \u201cloosen up.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cLet\u2019s go!\u201d shouts Mr. B.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":2137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,15,187],"tags":[],"coauthors":[25],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/20151122JRPhotoPage5-4.jpg?fit=2600%2C1560&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2138,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions\/2138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2136"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}