Los Alamos offers dance practice ahead of Wuthering Heights event

Los Alamos will hold its second The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever at Ashley Pond on Saturday, Aug. 1, and the county is giving would-be dancers two chances to learn the steps before the 45-minute event begins. The free gathering runs from 10 to 10:45 a.m. and is open to all genders, all ages and all dancing abilities.

Practice sessions are set for the Mesa Public Library on Monday, July 27, and the White Rock Library on Thursday, July 30. Both sessions run from 6 to 7 p.m. in the libraries’ meeting rooms, giving families, newcomers and anyone who wants a low-pressure rehearsal a chance to get comfortable before the morning dance at Ashley Pond.

People who cannot make either practice can still join by using online dance tutorials and the original Kate Bush video, and participants are asked to RSVP through Eventbrite.

The Los Alamos event is part of a global tradition tied to Kate Bush’s 1978 song Wuthering Heights. The idea took off in Brighton, England, in 2013, when Shambush staged The Ultimate Kate Bush Experience at Brighton Fringe and about 300 people gathered to recreate the dance from Bush’s music video in an unofficial world-record attempt. That one-off performance turned into an annual event that now shows up in communities far beyond Britain.

Los Alamos joined in only last year. The first county event drew 17 participants at Ashley Pond in 2025, the first TMWHDE in Los Alamos and New Mexico and, at the time, the highest-elevation version of the event anywhere.