Ever since I was little, I have always been fascinated by dancing. I still remember laying down newspapers on the floor so I can imitate the break dancers I saw on T.V. The whole love of dancing took a detour when I flew across the Pacific Ocean. I was a nervous wreck when I went to my first junior high dance in America, overweight and decked out in a tuxedo. Fast forward to the first semester at Caltech, and I decided to jumped to the dance floor to Nine Inch Nail's Closer. For ten years, I was the master of the Random Gyration. Blazing my own brand of asian-latin groove across the dance floors of Los Angeles. While other guys would stand on the perimeters of the dance floor with their beer in hand, I would be in the middle of the dance floor surrounded by women. I wished I was a bit more open to talking to women then -- it would have led to some good conversations. I still remember the best compliment I ever received on the dance floor -- "You are very soulful".
When I started graduate school at Michigan, I also entered my puritanical/monkish phase. I still did not think there was anything wrong with dancing per se (though I didn't and still don't count making babies in the middle of the dance floor dancing) but I was hesitant about going to dance clubs or bars. So weekends were spent hanging out in large groups and on my own devouring theological books.
Then I discovered youtube one night. I discovered this first video from reading a dance review on New York Times about Gabriel Misse and Natalia Hills. The review can be found here. When I did a quick search, this is what I found.
I was mes-merized. I have never seen four legs move so beautifully together to music. Sure, there are some amazingly flashy moves (check out 1:57), but what fascinated me the most was how they were able to move together to music so beautifully, gracefully, and sensually. For example, check out how they interpreted the sway in the music at the 0:14 mark. I kept watching the video over and over and over again. I was obsessed. I started to research on how I can learn more about the Argentine Tango.
When I started graduate school at Michigan, I also entered my puritanical/monkish phase. I still did not think there was anything wrong with dancing per se (though I didn't and still don't count making babies in the middle of the dance floor dancing) but I was hesitant about going to dance clubs or bars. So weekends were spent hanging out in large groups and on my own devouring theological books.
Then I discovered youtube one night. I discovered this first video from reading a dance review on New York Times about Gabriel Misse and Natalia Hills. The review can be found here. When I did a quick search, this is what I found.
I was mes-merized. I have never seen four legs move so beautifully together to music. Sure, there are some amazingly flashy moves (check out 1:57), but what fascinated me the most was how they were able to move together to music so beautifully, gracefully, and sensually. For example, check out how they interpreted the sway in the music at the 0:14 mark. I kept watching the video over and over and over again. I was obsessed. I started to research on how I can learn more about the Argentine Tango.
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