The small giants of the dance floor and Super Mario
February 11th 2009 05:02
Super Mario and Little Sandra Fong at SSC09
The stage is a piece of tear in the fabric of the world. It’s a different place than the others. People on stage gain magic powers that they wouldn’t have when walking in the mall. Dance is the instrument of this power.
It is so amazing how the people’s perception change and get altered by the power.
A great example is my mum. She is a small person and she is a physicist and a teacher. I remember one day to be talking to someone that had been her student and he said to me that he only realised she was small months after she stopped teaching him, she was so imposing when teaching, so powerful, he thought she was much taller than reality. One day he passed her by at the Uni and realised she wasn’t big at all!
That is what happens to these big dancers we have around. Jaime Jesus, Nestor Manuelian, Johnny Vasquez, Tony Lara, Oliver Pineda, are not very tall men but man! how huge do they look on stage! I keep looking at them dance with mouth open and cannot tear my eyes off of them. Yet if I met them in the mall they would have passed me by and I wouldn’t notice them at all, sorry guys
Nestor Manuelian, me & Lidia MacMahon at SSC09
Amazing Little Liz is another bright star in the dance stage and floor.
I remember watching a man dance a salsa solo in a video from the UK salsa congress, he was wearing a mask and did it before that choreo I have mentioned before, the masquerade. It was the sexiest piece of salsa I’ve ever seen, only at the end I recognised Oliver Pineda as the dancer, in the video he looked so tall, I swear! Unforgettable.
Other, not short, talents also come to my mind, some dancers that steal all the attention when on stage, Angelo Salgado and his smile, he burns brightly, this year he got the permanent Australian visa for Special Talent and such a right thing it was. He is a very special talent indeed. I looked to the people around me watching his show and we were all grinning like idiots.
And Fernando, the Suave man. I can’t precise what’s about him, a charm or something. He turns and step and smile and move, and you sigh…
Fernando Providel at SSC09
These dancers are all so especial, they have personalities that leak out of them, that enfold the viewers making them believe the impossible.
To grow a bit bigger, last I’ll talk about Super Mario, the one everyone in the salsa scene is in love with. You don’t have another choice but to like him.
Super Mario and Sandra Fong having so much fun at SSC09
I was taking a picture but as I focused Sandra I missed Super Mario's head...
Last year I saw him dancing with four or five little girls from New Zealand’s team, it was in the party after the shows and he was leading them all so well, it was so incredible and delightful to watch. As I had a broken arm I had a chance to a few talks with him these days before the congress, he was harbouring a hurt hand also so we exchanged a few tears of pain and I told him he should keep his hand in the protective gear he told me I should keep my arm still, funny dialogue…
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