As
I was watching and listening to Havana Social Club, there suddenly was a burst
of dancers on stage.
For a minute I thought people had breached the esplanade's
maximum-security officers blockade. Mayhem, the world gone wild hairs at large
I was admittedly a bit disappointed to soon
notice the security tags dangling from the dancers’ swaying hips. Otherwise, my
initial thought was "cute" and I moved on by focusing myself and the
camera on the music and musicians. That until I saw a guy, sleek and slender,
moving with elegance, a body language that said CHARMING in all capital
letters.
The
first time I noticed him he was leading his partner to the center of the stage
where they started to follow the graceful moves of the various Latin dance
styles.
The woman looked lovely, fit, possibly because of her dance routine,
but to me not the type that would take center stage in front of a well over 500
audience, easily.
As
they danced along however, her demeanor changed, more relaxed more self-confident.
The man was guiding her along in the dance steps that she was well familiar
with, and he smoothly led her into the more emotional side of Latin dance.
Slowly but
surely as she became more comfortable, her eyes moved up to look into
his, and there she lost herself, for that brief moment until the music stopped...,passion!
Then the man, a gentleman to the core, quickly throws her into a dip where they can laugh it all away
I later found
out the man was from Guadeloupe a "French" Island in the southern Caribbean.
French/Caribbean, Charm/Passion, true/cliché? So..we dance!
It was nice to see that my friend from Guadeloupe is such a great dancer!
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