Super-Human Salsa Dancers “Don & Rae”
January 29th 2009 23:05
Super-Human Salsa Dancers “Don & Rae” and me at the Olympic park train station...
Yesterday I wrote about the amazing ability of people with a “disability”. I just published my thoughts on my other blog Really Long Link Then I went to the Sydney Salsa Congress shows last night and found there the perfect example for my line of thinking.
The Thursday night at the congress is dedicated to performances of the student teams, from all over the country, so I found a bit strange to have a couple performing. Don & Rae from Perth were beautiful but during the show I kept thinking… “Why do they have a couple performing tonight?” I have intricate knowledge of the Congress goings having been involved with the organization of it in the past. So the thing was for me more noticeable.
I couldn’t find any apparent motive, so I just enjoyed the show. The routine was nice, they did some lifts and tricks as all Salsa dancers love. Nice costumes as well.
The Sydney Salsa Congress Stage - Marcia Pinheiro & Angela Lau
At the end of it Angela and Marcia, last night’s hosts, came and said that the show was there first because it was good but second because Don has a prosthetic leg and the Congress is a supporter of all kinds of amazing dancers. I would say that lots of salsa dancers are not half as good as him even using both flesh legs.
I was thrilled to see them at the train station and take a picture. They were dropping Don’s parents off, as I was going home in the same train I enjoyed their company. They were telling me that before dancing he was had a passion for karate.
I remember my parents had to endure endless shows of ballet, jazz, contemporary and modern in my young life, and they even went to a practice for my performance a couple of weeks ago. (Dad wasn’t very happy with my dancing with an injured arm, we should listen more to our parents… the said arm was fractured and I didn’t know…). Talking to Don’s parents last night reminded me of mine. The same shinning eyes, same proud, same sharing of a son’s or daughter’s passion.
They said something that marked me: had the congress been in Brazil they would have still gone to see him! So would I !!!
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