Faculty - College of Education

Nick Enge graduated with an M.S. and B.S. from Stanford University in 2012. Since then, he has been researching, reconstructing, and teaching social dances from the 19th century to present. With the help of his wife and dance partner Melissa, he maintains the Library of Dance, a digital repository of social dance knowledge which includes a bibliography of over 6,700 historical dance manuals (with more than 2,100 available as free downloads), and a collection of over 2,000 demo videos of social dance variations. In addition to researching the dances themselves, he also researches the benefits of dancing, which are detailed in his book, Waltzing: A Manual for Dancing and Living, co-authored with Richard Powers, his colleague at Stanford. He is also the co-author of two other books on dancing, Cross-Step Waltz: A Dancer's Guide, and The Book of Mixers: 100 Easy-Teach Dances for Getting Acquainted, with Richard and Melissa.

M.S. in Earth Systems, Stanford University, 2012

Researches and teaches social dances from the 19th century to the present.

Powers, R., Enge, N. & Enge, M. (2022). The Book of Mixers: 100 Easy-Teach Dances for Getting Acquainted. Stanford, CA: Redowa Press. (View)

Enge, P., Enge, N. & Zoepf, S. (2021). Electric Vehicle Engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill Education. (View)

Powers, R., Enge, N. & Enge, M. (2019). Cross-Step Waltz: A Dancer's Guide. Stanford, CA: Redowa Press. (View)

Enge, N. & Enge, M. (2018). The Science of Speaking. Austin, TX: Cioppino Press. (View)

Powers, R. & Enge, N. (2013). Waltzing: A Manual for Dancing and Living. Stanford, CA: Redowa Press. (View)

Courses by year and semester
Year	Semester	Course
2024	Summer	PED f103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads
2024	Summer	PED f103L: 7-Begin Social Dance: Follows
2024	Spring	KIN 119: 16-Social Dance: Leads
2024	Spring	KIN 119: 20-Social Dance: Follows
2024	Spring	KIN 219L: Teaching Social Dance
2024	Spring	PED 103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads
2024	Spring	PED 103L: 4-Intrmd Scl Dance: Follows
2024	Spring	PED 103L: 7-Begin Social Dance: Follows
2024	Spring	PED 103L: 8-Intermd Social Dance: Leads
2023	Fall	PED 103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads
2023	Fall	PED 103L: 4-Intrmd Scl Dance: Follows
2023	Fall	PED 103L: 7-Begin Social Dance: Follows
2023	Fall	PED 103L: 8-Intermd Social Dance: Leads
2023	Fall	KIN 119: 16-Social Dance: Leads
2023	Fall	KIN 119: 20-Social Dance: Follows
2023	Fall	KIN 219L: Teaching Social Dance
2023	Summer	PED s103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads
2023	Summer	PED s103L: 7-Begin Social Dance: Follows
2023	Spring	PED 103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads
2023	Spring	PED 103L: 4-Intrmd Scl Dance: Follows
2023	Spring	PED 103L: 7-Begin Social Dance: Follows
2023	Spring	PED 103L: 8-Intermd Social Dance: Leads
2023	Spring	KIN 119: 16-Social Dance: Leads
2023	Spring	KIN 119: 20-Social Dance: Follows
2023	Spring	KIN 219L: Teaching Social Dance
2022	Fall	PED 103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads
2022	Fall	PED 103L: 4-Intrmd Scl Dance: Follows
2022	Fall	PED 103L: 7-Begin Social Dance: Follows
2022	Fall	PED 103L: 8-Intermd Social Dance: Leads
2022	Fall	KIN 119: 16-Social Dance: Leads
2022	Fall	KIN 119: 20-Social Dance: Follows
2022	Fall	KIN 219L: Teaching Social Dance
2022	Summer	PED s103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads
2022	Summer	PED s103L: 7-Begin Social Dance: Follows
2022	Spring	PED 103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads
2022	Spring	PED 103L: 4-Intrmd Scl Dance: Follows
2022	Spring	PED 103L: 7-Begin Social Dance: Follows
2022	Spring	PED 103L: 8-Intermd Social Dance: Leads
2022	Spring	KIN 119: 16-Social Dance: Leads
2022	Spring	KIN 119: 20-Social Dance: Follows
2022	Spring	KIN 219L: Teaching Social Dance
2021	Fall	KIN 119: 16-Social Dance: Leads-Wb
2021	Fall	KIN 119: 20-Social Dance: Follows-Wb
2021	Fall	KIN 219L: Teaching Social Dance-Wb
2021	Fall	PED 103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads-Wb
2021	Fall	PED 103L: 4-Intrmd Scl Dance: Follows-Wb
2021	Fall	PED 103L: 7-Begin Socl Dance: Follows-Wb
2021	Fall	PED 103L: 8-Intrmd Social Dance: Lead-Wb
2021	Summer	PED f103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads-Wb
2021	Summer	PED f103L: 7-Begin Socl Dance: Follows-Wb
2021	Spring	KIN 119: 16-Social Dance: Leads-Wb
2021	Spring	KIN 119: 20-Social Dance: Follows-Wb
2021	Spring	KIN 219L: Teaching Social Dance-Wb
2021	Spring	PED 103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads-Wb
2021	Spring	PED 103L: 4-Inmd Scl Dance: Follows-Wb
2021	Spring	PED 103L: 7-Bgn Social Dance: Follows-Wb
2021	Spring	PED 103L: 8-Intmd Social Dance: Leads-Wb
2020	Fall	KIN 119: 16-Social Dance: Leads-Wb
2020	Fall	KIN 119: 20-Social Dance: Follows-Wb
2020	Fall	KIN 219L: Teaching Social Dance-Wb
2020	Fall	PED 103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads-Wb
2020	Fall	PED 103L: 4-Intrmd Scl Dance: Follows-Wb
2020	Fall	PED 103L: 7-Begin Social Dnc: Follows-Wb
2020	Fall	PED 103L: 8-Intermd Social Dnc: Leads-Wb
2020	Summer	PED f103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads-Wb
2020	Summer	PED f103L: 7-Begin Socl Dance: Follows-Wb
2020	Spring	KIN 119: 16-Social Dance: Leads
2020	Spring	KIN 119: 20-Social Dance: Follows
2020	Spring	KIN 219L: Teaching Social Dance
2020	Spring	PED 103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads
2020	Spring	PED 103L: 4-Intrmd Scl Dance: Follows
2020	Spring	PED 103L: 7-Begin Social Dance: Follows
2020	Spring	PED 103L: 8-Intermd Social Dance: Leads
2019	Fall	PED 103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads
2019	Fall	PED 103L: 4-Intrmd Scl Dance: Follows
2019	Fall	PED 103L: 7-Begin Social Dance: Follows
2019	Fall	PED 103L: 8-Intermd Social Dance: Leads
2019	Fall	KIN 119: 16-Social Dance: Leads
2019	Fall	KIN 119: 20-Social Dance: Follows
2019	Fall	KIN 219L: Teaching Social Dance
2019	Summer	PED f103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads
2019	Summer	PED f103L: 7-Begin Social Dance: Follows
2019	Spring	PED 103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads
2019	Spring	PED 103L: 4-Intrmd Scl Dance: Follows
2019	Spring	PED 103L: 7-Begin Social Dance: Follows
2019	Spring	PED 103L: 8-Intermd Social Dance: Leads
2019	Spring	KIN 119: 16-Social Dance: Leads
2019	Spring	KIN 119: 20-Social Dance: Follows
2019	Spring	KIN 219L: Teaching Social Dance
2018	Fall	KIN 119: 16-Social Dance: Leads
2018	Fall	KIN 119: 20-Social Dance: Follows
2018	Fall	KIN 219L: Teaching Social Dance
2018	Fall	PED 103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads
2018	Fall	PED 103L: 4-Intrmd Scl Dance: Follows
2018	Fall	PED 103L: 7-Begin Social Dance: Follows
2018	Fall	PED 103L: 8-Intermd Social Dance: Leads
2018	Summer	PED f103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads
2018	Summer	PED f103L: 7-Begin Social Dance: Follows
2018	Spring	PED 103L: 1-Begin Social Dance: Leads
2018	Spring	PED 103L: 4-Intrmd Scl Dance: Follows
2018	Spring	PED 103L: 7-Begin Social Dance: Follows
2018	Spring	PED 103L: 8-Intermd Social Dance: Leads
2018	Spring	KIN 119: 16-Social Dance: Leads
2018	Spring	KIN 119: 20-Social Dance: Follows

Library of Dance Manuals
Nick's collection of historical dance descriptions.