Richard Powers's website is a great source of information for any dancer. Especially recommended are his various "thoughts on social dance".

Topics include:
    Going out Dancing   
    Ultimate Partnering      
Sketchy Guys   
    The 3 Worlds of Ballroom Dance  
    Welcome Chance Intrusions!   
    Intelligent Dance       
Dancing Makes You Smarter   
    Conditional Learning - the power of uncertainty   
    Fred Astaire's advice for partner dancing   
    Transcendent Play   
    The American Spirit of Creativity and Crossover   

These short essays are insightful and great reading. There also is information on teaching dance, DJing, descriptions of dances and music more.

Take a look at Richard and Angela's schedule over the next half of year to get an idea of what to expect at one of there workshops.
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Review of a Waltz Week at Stanford
I have gone to a number of Richard and Angela's workshops and have been impressed by the fresh prospective they bring to social dancing
Below are thoughts that I wrote down after a Waltz week at Stanford.

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Richard Powers- Dance historian, instructor and choreographer
Richard Powers- Stanford's World of Social Dance
Richard Powers teaches social dance at Stanford University. Throughout his career he has taught an estimated 15,000 students at Stanford over the past 19 years, and maybe 25,000 around the world. Richard has traveled throughout the world teaching various waltz and social dance classes in Rome, Paris and Japan.
Social dancing is about being friendly, flexible and adapting to others' styles, similar to other dancing situations.