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Juan Garcia
Hola!
My name is Juan, well in reality my middle name, but I prefer that instead of my first name I was born and raise in Smoky Land, en la Tierra de la Tranza, in the land of Smog, for those who know, I am talking about Mexico City. When I lived there I danced like any other mexican in family reunions, parties, 15 años, weddings, etc. I danced Cumbia, Rock and Roll, Quebradita, Nortena, etc. or whatever rhythm they played. But my favorite type of music was Cumbia which I love and miss sometimes. Back in those days I had some interest in salsa, I loved the music, the percussions, the different stages of the music the ups and downs, the timbales, the piano, every single instruments, that music was fascinating and in some ways for me very powerful, but I could not dance, for many reasons, call it busy at school, for not how do dance it, not having the money to pay for a class, etc. When I moved to the States, after two or three years being in North Carolina, I started to dance. All the rhythms were new for me, Salsa, Merenque, Bachata, new but very interesting and fun. What I discovered in those early days was a way to feel that I was at home when in reality I was in the US. I found so much enjoyment and comfort when dancing that I decided that I would keep doing it, since it just make me feel happy, safe, secure, as I called it later it was my “Safety Bubble”. The music and the dance would transport me to a space of comfort and relaxation. Salsa dancing first became an escape then with the time a passion. Along with the comfort there were opportunity to met people, to make friends, in a way in the different place where I have lived, salsa people is somehow a family for me. Since I do not have family or close relatives in the US, some salsa friends have occupied that role. In North Carolina have the fortune to have the Cobo Brothers as instructors, they were amazing. Most of my formal training in salsa is thanks to them, I was lucky they lived in the city I lived, because they were truly amazing dancers. North Carolina means a lot to me, it was the place where I also started dancing Salsa Casino. Initially when I started dancing Salsa Casino, I saw it as if I was learning a new language, I already new some salsa, but imagining if somebody tell you that you can learn as many languages as you want, would not that be amazing? Just think that you could go to any part of the world and you knew how to speak the language, it would not hurt you, instead it would help you a lot. The same applies for whoever knows how to dance regular Salsa On 1 or On 2 and Salsa Casino Rueda. Salsa Casino has it charms, it is fun, it is very social, challenging, every body can dance with everybody, and it helps to build unity. I fell in love with it. When I got here, to Indianapolis in 2003, I missed that part of the Salsa, so I decide to share the joy of this Cuban style of salsa with other Indianapolis salseros. I have had the fortune to share the dance floor with so many amazing people, so many people have come and some many people has gone, for whatever reason they can not dance anymore I am sure they keep with them the emotion of such fascinating music and dance. For those people who have given me the opportunity to show them what I know about dancing, they should know that at the same time they were giving me the opportunity to know other things that I would had not know in other way. Certainly, every person is its own world, and Salsa has given me so many positive and nice memories to keep for long time to come. Whatever you dance, on 1, on 2, Casino, Puerto Rican, Salsa-Cumbia, we all share a common thought, to make that 5 minutes song, an unforgettable memory of space and time. Y que Viva la Salsa y Vamos Todos a Bailar!
INtoSalsa, Indy's premier Salsa guide
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