As I continue to go out dancing 5-6 days a week at a salsa club here, there and everywhere, it’s really striking just how much the male lead has changed over the years. During its origins, and in its indigenous forms, salsa was a very sensual dance of courtship, flirtation, and trying to “close the deal”. Men would throw on their best rags and break off their best moves, exhibiting as much machismo as humanly
Almost a year ago, I wrote a blog sharing my fears and trepidations on the impact of a Salsa Congress on the continent of Africa. And while Africa is a vast continent comprised of several unique countries and nationalities which make broad generalizations inappropriate, my recent trip to Ghana and to its salsa clubs was more disturbing than usual.
Check this out...it is taken from a link advertising an upcoming Salsa Congress in Africa!
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[3] http://www.centralavedance.com/node/1794
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[5] http://www.centralavedance.com/node/215
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