February 2026

Day 5 / 30 25 Days Before Dancing With People 1/3 My Age The Real Enemy Is Drift There’s something dancers don’t talk about enough. Drift. Not injury. Not aging. Not even losing technique. Drift. It happens quietly. You stop drilling with urgency. You stop conditioning with intention. You stop correcting the details that once

Why I’m Not Training Like the 20-Year-Olds I am 23 days away from dancing with my team where people are 1/3 my age. And today I made a decision that younger me probably wouldn’t have made. I’m not starting the full choreography runs yet. I’m not doing explosive floor rolls. I’m not pushing through knee

Documentary Series 30 Days Before Dancing With Someone 1/3 My Age I’m doing it again. This time I’m 53 — and the youngest dancer on the team is 16. Day 1 begins now Déjà vu: 2019 → 2026 Hardcore pace • fast director January 28th (15 days ago) Fifteen days ago, I walked into auditions

When Over 45 Became More Than a Category If you’ve been around the salsa competition world long enough, you remember when the Over 45 division first appeared. You remember the feeling. It wasn’t about slowing down. It wasn’t about giving older dancers a “consolation” category. It was about recognition. In 2010, the Over 45 division