Hello, everybody! To start this week’s blog, I thought I’d try answering a few comments from last week, since you seem to like that, and frankly, so do I. (And yes, of COURSE, I read your comments! Sometimes twice! Are you kidding? I’m human, and a slightly neurotic human at that!)
To Scarlet. Yes, starting this week, I will do my very best to remember to mention what each dance is when I’m writing about the dancers. Sorry about that. This stuff is so hardwired into my brain, I forget sometimes that not everyone speaks salsa as a second language.
To GP, and to everybody else who’s been befuddled by my (and the judges’) admiration for Ryan. I hear you, and I understand. The best way for me to try and explain it is: You know how chocolate ice cream is good, and so is vanilla, but some people will like one and not really be all that jazzed about the other (and maybe even really DISLIKE the other)? Maybe, in a way, dancers are like that. Two dancers can both be very good, but for some intangible reason we may never understand, one moves us and the other doesn’t. READ FULL STORY »