I’ve written before on the topic of fat dancers, but I realized I left out a glaring omission, especially since I talked about partner dance but used video examples of performance dance.
Anyone in the west coast swing community knows the glaring omission is John Lindo. One of the best Swing dancers ever to grace a floor, John Lindo is well known for breaking the stereotype of what a dancer’s body “should” look like. Youtube is full of videos of this fabulous dancer, so if you love watching the following example, feel free to spend even more time enjoying other clips. This is one of my favorites:
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I often speak of partner dance as the great leveler. There are few attributes more sexy than a great leader. Height, weight, hair loss, age, even personality, doesn’t matter. If you can lead well, everyone will want to dance with you. Over and over and over again!
By LaurieAnn Lepoff
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