My Latin American dance class was terrible. Our instructor's name was Marta and Marta taught as the cha cha cha and merengue for FOUR weeks. If you don't know anything about latin dance, cha cha cha is the worst one there is and no one ever dances to it in real discos. Merengue is fun but we were learning it at such a slow pace that it was boring.
Our program advisor, Carlitos, who by the way is awesome and a little ridiculous, heard about this and was not pleased that Marta was doing such a bad job. Carlitos also happens to be the best dancer ever. So he is taking over our class which is super exciting! SUPER exciting because dancing is fun! So fun.
Our first class with Carlitos was last night and it was so. much. fun. He took 20 minutes to teach us more merengue than we had learned in a month with Marta, and then taught us Salsa (finally!) and my new favorite Cumbia!!! I think Cumbia might be the most fun dance in the world. It's really bouncy and you move around a lot and apparently the Costa Rican version is even bouncier than the Mexican version which I love because bouncing is FUN:
And the music is such a blast:
As I mentioned before, Carlitos is an all star dancer. When he would use me to demonstrate the dances, all he would have to do would give me a slight push or pull and somehow my body would just do what it was supposed to and I looked like an all star dancer, too. Amazing!
OK off to Nicaragua! Hasta proximo domingo!
PURA VIDA
OMG THAT LOOKS SO FUN. teach me when we get home please!
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