My introduction to dancing in a church hall came in sixth grade, when a gaggle of energetic boys and girls gathered to learn ballroom dance at the Congregational church in rural Granby, Connecticut.

Curt Edmondson says he may not be the best dancer, but he doesn’t mind making a fool of himself for his children.

Every Wednesday, David Mulanda rushes from his job as a high school teacher to Friends Church Tande two miles away in ...