Race/Related: A haven for ballroom dancers

Asian-owned dance halls offered something unique to locals: a demanding art form that felt within reach. 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Photographs by Li Qiang. MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — Today they arrive in satin heels and glittering gowns of organza, in waistcoats and red bow ties. The women’s cheeks are stained with blush, their hair in chignons. The men’s shoes shine. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-0) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl00MKP0SZaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTQ5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIzMDIxOCZ0ZT0xJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwMjE4VwNueXRCCmPhCr7wY0eEC7tSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) It is the annual showcase, a spectacle of dance featuring the rumba, samba, fox trot, tango and more. A throng of a couple hundred familiar faces, mostly senior in age, greet one another in a mix of Mandarin, Cantonese and English. First up is a waltz to a 1950s ballad, led by Maria Liang who is dressed in a white and black number that sparkles like the string of lights behind her. She is the owner of this expansive establishment known as Star Ballroom Dance Studio. Opposite her is Ming Wei Ma, the effusive manager of the place. He is 72 and glides on the wooden floor as those around him swirl in a rainbow of chiffon. The mood is giddy, the crowd vivacious. A babble of laughter and chatter will continue for hours. One day soon, this world will fracture in ways that will not be understood. It will become another backdrop for the kind of tragedy America knows too well. 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He will [take 11 lives](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl00MKP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDIzLzAxLzIzL3VzL3Nob290aW5nLW1vbnRlcmV5LXBhcmstY2FsaWZvcm5pYT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIzMDIxOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04NTY3NyZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTI1NzAzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpj4Qq-8GNHhAu7Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) and shatter many more. He will head to another ballroom studio known as Lai Lai and enter the lobby with the same gun. Mr. Ma, the studio manager of Star, will die. Ms. Liang, its owner, will close her business indefinitely. And both studios, their names and facades, will be splashed across news sites, their existences diminished to scenes of violence and terror. Monterey Park, a city just east of Los Angeles and once trumpeted as a haven for Asian immigrants, will be forever linked to a moment of despair. But today is before all of that. Today is a Sunday in November, an innocuous date and a grand collection of talent and flair. Today is about outstretched arms, swishing hips, high-slit skirts, deft kicks, clasped hands, panache. And joy. Today everyone makes it home safely. It is how this dance community could have first been introduced to outsiders — as a vibrant circle of artistry. And how, perhaps, it can still be known. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-2) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl00MKP0SZaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIzMDIxOCZ0ZT0xJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwMjE4VwNueXRCCmPhCr7wY0eEC7tSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Dancers practiced before a performance at Alhambra’s Lunar New Year Festival.Li Qiang for The New York Times Disco Lights and Overwhelming Confidence Star Ballroom was the vision of Ivy Wang, a dancer from Taiwan. A single mother who ran a small studio in the area, she had been told her plan for a giant hall was too ambitious. But after opening in 1995, Star became a popular destination for those in their later years who finally had time on their hands after decades of work. Hundreds would arrive for its weekend dances when the room took on a hazy glow from the disco lights and fog machine, and a D.J. played CDs of Taiwanese songs. Ms. Wang taught dance there, as did her 21-year-old daughter and a couple dozen instructors. Her son, still in college, oversaw the front desk and the paperwork. “When the music came on, our feet just can’t stop and there’s an overwhelming sense of confidence and happiness,” recalled Ellen Wong, 70, who discovered Star two decades ago. She and her husband took dance classes while running Kim Fung, a beloved restaurant in the area. Now retired, she still remembers the yellow lace dress with gold sequins she once wore. Regulars called the studio wu xing, or “dancing star,” and followed when it moved from Atlantic Avenue to its current location on Garvey Avenue. Its biggest competition was Lai Lai, a studio less than three miles away in Alhambra. When it opened in 1992, Lai Lai prided itself on being the first ballroom dance studio in the region with a floor larger than 2,400 square feet. “It was an instant hit, the grand opening was packed,” said Tom Tsay, whose parents were one of four couples who founded the studio. Both venues opened at the beginning of a period when dance studios were popping up in Asian enclaves throughout California and beyond. Some were large and attracted marquee instructors, often with European roots, while others had a smaller footprint. Before long, there would be Imperial Ballroom in Manhattan’s Chinatown. Quoc Duong near Orange County’s Little Saigon. Queens Ballroom Dance in Flushing. Many of the owners had become enamored with ballroom dance while growing up in Asia. A Western form, ballroom arrived there during colonial rule and was glamorized in Hollywood movies and by those who returned from trips to Europe, said Yutian Wong, a professor of dance studies at San Francisco State University. Ms. Wong’s own parents left Malaysia in the 1960s, settling in Southern California where their social lives revolved around ballroom dance studios, including Star and Lai Lai. The appeal lay in low-impact exercise and a chance to stave off loneliness. And Asian-owned dance halls offered something unique to locals: a demanding art form that, situated in their community, felt within reach. Students of ballroom dance had a reputation for immersing themselves in the challenge. “They all wanted to devour dancing as much as possible, I mean, to the core,” said Lilia Mkrtchyan, 35, who was born in Armenia and taught at Star for two years. “They want to know the mechanisms, and they want to know it in depth.” And she was amazed at the students’ level of commitment to the showcases. “The makeup and tanning and costumes,” she said. “Eyelashes, full-on salon hair, acrylic nails. They would go all out.” The clientele at Star and Lai Lai overlapped, and at one point the studios battled over customers for their afternoon tea dances and evening socials, each trying to undercut the other on price. The two owners finally met and agreed to stop. Star never closed its doors and was bustling until late at night. “It was like our home,” said Ms. Wang’s daughter, Jo-Ann Chui, 49, who took over the business before selling it around 2013. “We would wake, and go to the studio.” Much of Star’s revenue came from galas and holiday parties featuring buffets and nonalcoholic drinks, even on Christmas and New Year’s Day. “I told my mother, ‘With the effort and time that we put in, this is a money-losing business, it’s not worth it,’” said Ms. Wang’s son, David Chui, 48. “My mom said, ‘Do you see, if we close, all these people coming every day will have no place to go.’” Read the rest of the story [here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl00MKP0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wMi8xNS91cy9jYWxpZm9ybmlhLW1vbnRlcmV5LXBhcmstc2hvb3RpbmctZGFuY2UtY29tbXVuaXR5Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMzAyMTgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9ODU2Nzcmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEyNTcwMyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKY-EKvvBjR4QLu1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). 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