If you dream of stepping up like Nora (Jenna Dewan) in “Step Up,” or getting down like Cadillac (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) on “The Get Down,” it can be intimidating to figure out where to start. Ideally, ...

Growing up, I learned to stay very still to avoid my father’s rage. In adulthood, moving my body freed me. When I was 10, I put my fist through a window. No one would call that furious gesture dancing ...