20 April 2010 04:46,
S.Short,
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In the academic and scholastic communities, teachers are encouraged by law not to have (sexual) relationships with their students. The Salsa Dance scene does not know any officially recognized set of rules and regulations. If one considers the lawlessness of Salsa Dance Instruction, the fraternization, the (erotic) attraction of the dance, and dancing together outside the instructional dance floor, then it will not come as a surprise that there is a lot of cheating going on.
Power and a high social status can act as aphrodisiacs to many men, and especially women. The married (or engaged) men who become popular Salsa Dancers, Salsa Dance Instructors, Salsa Performers and Salsa Competitors have to stay strong in their dance shoes and resist all the temptations of their willing female students. The other way around seems to pose lesser troubles: popular female Salsa Dance Instructors are in general intimidating to their male students. The fact that she is already married or engaged just contributes more to their minority complexes.
Many great Salsa Dance Couples broke their relationships because of the males not being able to control their libido. The amount of Salsa Dance Teachers cheating outside the dance floor is staggering. There seems to be a common code among Salsa dancers not to tell the wives or girlfriends about the unfaithful practices of their partners. No wonder these women are the last ones to know about the cheating habits of their men. Sometimes this unwillingness of Salseros and Salseras to be the ones doing the clicking also results in male Salsa instructors having serious relationships ‘ at the side’ with women they do not share a longtime commitment.
The problem becomes even bigger when the male Salsa and Mambo Dance Instructors/ Choreographers having a ‘macho’ mentality travel around the world to party with hundreds of women at dozens of International Salsa Congresses. The couples who teach together at these congresses have a lesser problem than the spouses who stay behind allowing their other halves to earn an honest living abroad. Some ’After’ Parties at Salsa Congresses have quite a reputation for having male Salsa Instructors exhibiting scandalous behavior like drug abuse and Salsa Sex games. This behavior is not any different from the well-known practices of (Salsa) bands on tour.
In 2010 Salsa, dancing is going back to its roots through the introduction of more sensual dancing. The growing popularity of Bachata, Lambazouk, Kizomba and Reggaeton is bound to make more Salsa Professionals forget their vows and commitments when dancing together with beautiful women who are doing their very best to the most sexy, attractive, and desirable dancers on the dance floor.
Power corrupts, but Salsa Dance power corrupts even more. With great power comes even greater responsibility, but for many male Salsa dancers this seems to be a burden which is too heavy to carry. Most Salsa dancers started dancing because of personal issues, with inferiority complex being the main one. The transitional period between being insecure to having a ‘ Salsa Demy God’ status seems too much for certain type of men and women.
This could be the time to address these issues during Salsa Seminars held at International Salsa Congresses around the globe. Students always follow the examples of their teachers. We should figure out if we want ‘nature’ to take its course, or if we would want to take actions to ensure the safekeeping of social and business Salsa Dance relationships.
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