Well, just a few weeks ago I was watching as many flash mob videos as I could find, just to see the astonishment and joy on people's faces when the seemingly normal stranger next to them started to dance. It is beautiful to me that people would put so much time and effort into an event like this where the participants get no pay or recognition. It's just a burst of fun in an otherwise ordinary setting.
As luck has it, less than a week after my flash mob video binge one of my salsa instructors approached me and asked if I would help her with a project. I agreed, figuring it was something for an upcoming showcase. However, when I asked what I'd be doing she told me that she had been invited to choreograph a flash mob to be performed on Cinco de Mayo in downtown LA! Woohoo!
So, practice ensued and we performed a flash mob dance made up of salsa, casino rueda (salsa in a circle), cha cha, samba, hip hop, and reggaeton in the middle of Nokia Plaza at LA Live. We performed twice that evening and both times went off well (although a TV reporter did try to stand in the MIDDLE of our dance). That was definitely one to check off of the bucket list.
My friend Stephen and I started off the first flash mob doing some lead-follow salsa.
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