Boogie piano gets two women dancing

Brendan Kavanagh plays pianos in public places, and this one sits in a busy London terminal. Mia tells him she played saxophone back in elementary school. When he asks if she knows boogie-woogie, she says she might if she heard it, but not by name. He calls it a kind of rock and roll and counts her in.

So she dances. The tune is fast and bouncy, and once she gets going she is light on her feet and has real moves.

She's not alone for long. Another woman jumps in beside her, and the two of them dance side by side while a line of people stands nearby and watches. Neither one is shy about it.

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When the music stops, Brendan asks if they're friends. They are not. They have never met. Denise is from Boston and Mia is from DC, two Americans who first met at a London piano.

Then Brendan owns up. He had seen Mia doing her shoes earlier and was sure she was getting ready to dance. "It's my travel outfit," she tells him. She's on her way to Paris.

By the end, one of the women is out of breath. Brendan fans her with his jacket, asks if she's okay, and then adds, "Wasn't she great?"