Mike Salazar

I plan on being the best salsero in Indy. A little presumptuous to say on a salsa website, knowing that I only know about five salsa patterns, but it is this drive that keeps me dancing. I started dancing ballroom 6 years ago in undergrad, and have just recently transitioned to salsa. I think it was my roots, being half Puerto Rican and half Mexican that have led me back home to this style of dance. I am happy to have been chosen as the salsero of the week; this makes my goal, salsero of the state, that much closer. I'll end with an excerpt from Walt Whitman:

"…To be lost if it must be so!
To feed the remainder of life with one hour of fullness and freedom!
With one brief hour of madness and joy."

So, salseros, watch out, there is a new kid on the block, and he's armed with good ballroom posture (at times) and a deadly cross-over lead (which he likes to do repeatedly until he can think of one of those five before mentioned patterns).