PW/DANCE MERIT SCHOOL/WOODBRIDGE, VA BY: MARGARET THOMAS TWP

PW/DANCE MERIT SCHOOL/WOODBRIDGE, VA BY: MARGARET THOMAS TWP Students at the private Merit School of Prince William have been studying Rizumu, a Japanese dance, with instructor Doug Manring. The kids will be performing several of the dances at the school graduation. Rizumu, a way to get children moving in ways that teach them balancve and body awareness, is new to Japan, and Manring, who taught it there, has imported it to the US. Rizumu instructor Doug Manring leads students in a dance. Holding Doug's hand at left is second grader Eric Williamson. (Photo by Margaret Thomas/The The Washington Post via Getty Images)