What's good! Hola a todos! This episode features Corey Wright, one of the OG salsa dancers in the Memphis Latin dance scene! He loves music and sees salsa dancing as an art form that allows energetic self-expression. We both enjoy dancing to salsa music and enjoy the discipline of it. We also agree that it's a great way to meet people!
Happy Black History Month!
In this episode we talk about:
- How Corey Wright got into salsa dancing
- Experience as a Black salsa dancer
- Salsa Dancing as Art
- "Africanness" of Salsa Music
- African Americans recognizing the jazz influence in salsa music
- Gaining confidence from learning and failing
- The Culture of Inclusivity in the Rumba Room
Intro music by Melvin Lindsay: melvin.lindsay.jr@gmail.com
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