I wish I could dance. Almost every Mexican can dance, and many dance well. I don’t know if it comes to them naturally, or it’s a part of their educational curriculum, or they just go to enough parties, weddings and clubs that it becomes a learned talent. Mexican and Latin music are more dance-friendly as a whole – for example, Norteño music with accordion whines and an army of brass is bouncy and good to dance with short, high steps. When you listen to salsa it’s impossible not to follow the beat, even if it’s just with your fingers. Reggaeton, with it’s outright sexual lyrics and dirty, penetrating beat, seems to somehow justify grinding against other people, and Jarocho music from Veracruz makes you wish you would’ve taken at least a class or two in tap dancing.
Maybe Americans lack the culture – and proper music – for dancing, but being in Mexico, it’s tempting to get better at it, and quickly.
22 December 2008
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Try it on ice! Don't you have a new ice rink downtown? Maybe you can dance on skates, you're from MN, so it will just come naturally.
Happy Christmas, dear, and look me up if you get up north in the next month!!!
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