Why I dance...

When my body is in motion, nothing exists except the music, the drums, the dance floor and/or my dance partner. I hear the music, no matter what it always calls my name and takes me to places I only saw in my dreams.

I dance to feel free, to forget about life's day to day grind, to relax the thoughts that go through my head. I let go, I feel the rhythm, la clave, el yubá the trumpets, the voice that sings of love, lovers lost and lovers found, the sounds of a revolution, el sonido de la libertad. I dance because I carry a song with every beat of my heart. I dance to smile, to laugh, to cry...to feel every emotion in 10 minutes...and sometimes less. I dance because my entire being tells me it's what I was meant to do, what I was supposed to do...what life tells me to do. I dance...I dance...I dance because in every dance there is a prayer....I dance, because dancing is praying with your feet, your hips, your legs and mostly your heart....