{"id":3634,"date":"2009-02-18T17:57:34","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T22:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=3634"},"modified":"2009-02-18T18:01:52","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T23:01:52","slug":"the-dancing-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=3634","title":{"rendered":"The dancing life"},"content":{"rendered":"

I received an email a few days ago from a friend who said she wants nothing more than to come visit me but only if I turn up the music, open the car doors and dance in the streets. Decades ago, I found out a classmate referred to me as “that tappy footed” girl. A colleague from back when sent me a note that she misses me dancing on tables. Night before last, we rolled to a stop sign and jumped out of the car and sang Valerie while we danced in the streets. <\/p>\n

I have a basic need to dance that is deeply rooted in me. I come from a family of dancers. Maybe it’s our Sephardic roots. Don’t know. But I do know dancing is the nearest I’ve come to nirvana and without it my life would be too, well, still. <\/p>\n

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