Diana Leaney López Ruano

LATIN DANCING is the only time when it is socially acceptable to forget about feminist rights and power struggles. When it is okay for her to obey every signal and request given without question or rebuttal. When a lady can JUST DANCE with a man… forgetting to be tough and independent for just a few moments… and letting him make her feel like, well, A WOMAN. –Diana Linay My brother asked me the other day why I liked to dance so much. I had to think for a moment to answer because dancing is so much more to me than merely "dancing" So much more because... *I am free to be whoever I want to be. Whether I am crazy and untamed or smooth and seductive I am -in that moment in time- exactly who I want to be. *Children dance about their houses without judgement or refrain and when I dance I could care less about what people are thinking of me. Just like a child I could GAD whether they think I lack skill or if they dislike my style. I do not dance for them- I d

Where did that little girl go? Where is she? the one who knew who she was, and just how great she could be.... I found her once again today. She woke up inside me, wanting to play. How i wished there was room for just that, but no, not this grey day. She ran with me then. and oh how we ran! running and skipping and hopping away. Right into my mothers arms. where she whispered into our ears, " my dear, my love, it will all be okay..." Ever feel like you are a little kid playing dress up? In a grown up world that has no room for imagination or magic? - where disney princess stories are deceitful lies of nothing more than a deceiving idea of romance. - where 'taking a break' means 15 minutes. not a second more. - where decisions impact you for the rest of forever. and every day more and more decisions come your way. where all you can do is don your stilettos and hold your head up high. because there is no such thing as happ