Any day you dance is a good day was a great philosophy I adopted years ago.
Best Spanish dicho: Nadie te quita lo bailado. Rough translation is 'no one can take from you what's already been danced.'
A dear friend, who was once a professional dancer, informed me that the 1950's dance, The Twist, was the dance that released women from men.
Until The Twist, a man's role was to guide and lead a woman in dance. That changed in The Twist, or as my friend put it, "You didn't even need to look at your partner, you were free to dance as you pleased."
Over the years, not looking at your partner graduated to not even needing a partner. Last night at a local dance with the West-side sound pioneering band, The Royal Jesters, another friend reported she watched local dance legend, Teresa Champion, still polishing her steps on the dance floor, dancing without a partner, at the age of 87. The link shares an ARTS segment I wrote and produced for KLRN about Teresa.
I wanna be just like Teresa!!! More dance, more joy, more good days!!!
