Salsa open diary

Chris_Yannick said:
I'm going to try lowering my arm position in the next coming weeks to see if there's any difference in the lead/follow dynamic. Another reason to change is that I don't like feeling bra straps, so this will act as an indicator telling me to lower my hand.
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I can't remember having felt bra straps, at least it wasn't uncomfortable for me.

Once in class it happened miraculously that the bra of my follower opened under her T-Shirt while dancing - she needed assistance of another girl to close it again under the T-Shirt. Of course I had nothing to do with that, but I couldn't resist a comment "That trick took me long to learn!" :)
 
Offbeat said:
Jump rope is better and more effective for feet endurance. Other option is playing football :) believe it or not those dribbling skills are very useful in moving feet when dancing esp improvisation when doing Dominican bachata or salsa shines or in partner dancing too.
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I am rubbish at football (assuming you are talking about soccer?) Though it makes sense training with a ball.

In the same vein, I guess basketball dribbling drills would also help train foot endurance. Though NBA players have ankles made of glass these days. I find it hard looking up to those guys when it comes to durability.

I want to train pure foot endurance. Jump rope makes the most sense to me. Also, learning jump rope tricks sound like a lot of fun.

I can't stand running and find it boring.
 
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NYC trip journal :)

Today was day 5 of my New York trip -- I had abandoned all expectations for this trip given the current situation, and it also started off with random strange stuff happening: a big scare that my pre-trip covid test was positive (they thought I was someone else), and then when I got to JFK airport in NYC, the customs officer decided I was suspicious and sent me for additional customs check with the other suspected terrorists -- I think it was due to all my Cuba stamps in my passport :p This had never happened to me before in all my years of US travel, so, thanks, Trump...

But once that was out of the way, NYC welcomed me with open arms as usual :) In my first 4 days I went to 3 amazing salsa parties :) (would have been 4 if LVG had not been cancelled)

The first two I didn't even know about because they were not on the dance events calendar, a friend told me about them: turns out Adolfo's NY studio, Empire Mambo (I didn't even know Adolfo had a studio in NY lol) was having their 1-year anniversary, so they did anniversary parties on Friday and Saturday, with a live band on Friday. The music and dancing was top-notch. And to top it all off, I nabbed a cha cha with Adolfo :) -- the only live cha cha the band played :) (I had never danced with him before) They had videographers filming the whole thing (no pressure! lol) so I will hopefully get the video.

The event was also great because it felt very intimate, got to see the same people Friday and Saturday and dance a lot with the ones I connected with the best. And the music...amazing! They had really good DJs, especially DJ Charon who had come from Florida.

Then last night I went to Taj, which had their usual live band Monday night party. This is one of the very few salsa venues in NYC that have remained unchanged, and I have always loved their parties (and their floor -- it's one of the best dance floors in NYC!), so it was great to be there again :)

Here is a video from last night :) -- I am in the video from minute 3:03 dancing with one of my oldest salsa friends, who is a lovely dancer, it was great to see him again :)

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=287809889884043

Then, another surprise is that the new studio where Frankie is relocating his classes will reopen tomorrow, so I will go to his open work and partnerwork classes.

Feels so great to be back and dance in NYC again :) :) :)

PS I danced with mask at all the parties, it got pretty uncomfortable especially during fast songs, but doable. All the parties checked my vaccination proof.
 
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Sabrosura said:
when I got to JFK airport in NYC, the customs officer decided I was suspicious and sent me for additional customs check with the other suspected terrorists -- I think it was due to all my Cuba stamps in my passport :p This had never happened to me before in all my years of US travel, so, thanks, Trump...
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It was definitely the "celeb" salsero you negatively commented about nine years ago... :)
 
Chris_Yannick said:
Just look at the comments on Anita & Yaiza's video. If they were to read them, if they aren't already desensitized to this kind of criticism, might probably decide to quit Salsa if this venom was spewed at them daily. No, I do not think they should be reading or accepting these comments. It won't help them get better. Not that I think anything needs to change.

Edit: you shouldn't need to have to log in to FB to view the comments

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Hearing again "Pastilla de menta" from Havana d'Primera, they sing a comment about Facebook comments:

Mira mi timba que bien se ve,
vente tírate un foto
Etiquetalá pa' que le ponga comentario en Facebook

Hay un comentario por ahí,
están diciendo que mi timba no suena
 
Sabrosura said:
Then last night I went to Taj, which had their usual live band Monday night party. This is one of the very few salsa venues in NYC that have remained unchanged, and I have always loved their parties (and their floor -- it's one of the best dance floors in NYC!), so it was great to be there again :)

Here is a video from last night :) -- I am in the video from minute 3:03 dancing with one of my oldest salsa friends, who is a lovely dancer, it was great to see him again :)

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=287809889884043
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Nice charanga band. Only one tumbadura - that's some old school flavour.
 
Just tested negative for COVID after dancing (with mask) for many hours in New York on Friday, Saturday, Monday :)

So despite certain plentiful virus exposure in omicron-full New York (most other people at the parties I went to were not masked, and the positivity rate is super high), the vaccine + booster + mask + optimized vit D level kept me omicron-free :)
 
Went to a social On1 in NYC for shzz n giggles and wow! I could not do on1. It started to hurt and my musicality can no longer feel the joy on1. It still feel rushed. On2 just feels natural....
 
Had three social evenings in a row, which feels like a festival but it wasn't. Meanwhile having got used to wearing mask (which is duty here) I enjoyed all of the nights and the best was the last, yesterday - just amazing, only great followers. I praise life for such an evening. The only person I didn't really enjoy was myself in Bachata :)

But these masks make it hard to recognize people. A girl came up, stood right in front of me and stared at me for a while without saying a word. I thought she is a bit weird, but when she started talking I realized it was an old friend of mine (having changed her haircut). I could have seen her for hours without recognizing her.

Even that canadian girl I danced and talked with just the day before I didn't really recognize - I wasn't sure if it's her because yesterday she had made curlies in her hair. Women changing her hair are sometimes already difficult to recognize, but with mask it gets very hard. On the other hand it's nice to have "first" meets over and over again :D
 
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