Finding ways to fulfill my need to dance during the social distancing era has been difficult. Pre-COVID times, I would dance 3–5 times a week at salsa, bachata, and kizomba socials all over Los Angeles. For the time being, this is no longer possible.
I still dance 3–5 times a…
For about a week in August 2019, I visited New York for a sociology conference. Thankfully, I managed to get away to dance for a couple of nights. First, I went to the Mandrian on a Sunday night ( 444 Park Ave S, New York, NY 10016), and to Bachatuesdays…
Gender and masculinity!
The dance floor is gendered. What do I mean by that? As a sociologist, I have learned about the gender hierarchy, and masculinity…but I feel that although we know the world is gendered and patriarchal, we often live day-to-day with a guise of egalitarianism (to an extent).
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So, I dance salsa and bachata. And, I dance a lot. Every time I have the opportunity to travel to a new place, I wonder about their dancing scene. Sometimes, I even check it out.
The aim of this blog is to create a collection of my dancing memories to…
