That Slow-burn Passion

Dance is magical when it makes us feel something.

I think last night we saw the dance of the season on DWTS. It was a tango.

As I watched, I found it to be a beautiful reflection of my Latin culture.

Dances, I feel, reflect emotions and personalities. The jive is a peppy one. The waltz is majestic. I think dances like salsa are loud and joyful and reflect a contingent of the culture who is passionate like that. We all know those larger-than-life personalities. I know many.

I have to say that for being Hispanic, I don’t fall into that category. I am not loud. I am more on the serious, quiet side. But that doesn’t make those of us who are like that any less passionate. I think this dance depicted another type of passion. It wasn’t loud. It was serious and precise but burning the place down. I loved it. It was, if I use a word I have heard to describe me, “intense.”

The leg ganchos are everything. Daniella Karagach always brings it with her creativity. This one goes out to the intense, serious ones with the slow-burn passion.

Jason, go win that Mirror Ball trophy!