![]() ![]() “The other dancers that come we’ve gotten to know each other, we do competitions on weekends sometimes, you spend lunches and dinners with them. The studio is running a new campaign called ‘make friends through dancing’. Now, she’s doing both while establishing new bonds along the way. She didn’t know the difference between a cha cha or samba. “They make it look easy on TV, and you’re like oh that just looks like a lot of fun, everybody’s smiling and having a great time and looking beautiful, so I thought I would give it a shot,” said Melanie. That’s when she waltzed into Fred Astaire and out of her comfort zone and into a world, she’d only seen on TV. Then nothing, watch TV,” said Herring.Īs weeks turned into months, Melanie could feel her mental health waning.Ĭonfinement to her home, made her realize just how important the bonds she had at work were. ![]() “It was definitely isolation because I do live alone, so I would get up in the morning, work, and be done. In fact, studies show more than 50% admit to feeling lonely at least once a week. Like many of us, when the local attorney began a working from home schedule, the loneliness set in quickly. “I mean, humans by nature, we are social, and I am definitely a type A social person,” said Melanie. AHWATUKEE, AZ - In search of a connection after the high and lows of a pandemic, Melanie Herring found it at Fred Astaire Dance Studios in Ahwatukee.
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