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I'm like a zombie. I wake up, take a shower and while I am showering, I start dancing.
My routine is always, like, dancing while I am doing something else.
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I consider Santiago to be one of the best kids in Cali, Colombia
... or even in the World, when it comes to salsa dancing.
When he started preschool, the teacher would say...
This kid is going to be a star.
Look at how he dances!
He's 12 years old and he's already had a career for 6 years.
When people see him, they respond--they stand up, they applaud...
because no one would imagine that this boy on stage....
when he starts dancing with such agility and with so much expression.
I think about what my life would be like if it weren't for salsa dancing.
Through dance, you leave a lot of things behind that can harm you.
When you go on a path of art, you avoid going on a path toward drugs, problems
He can buy himself things or do things, that as parents we can't provide.
For example, he bought himself his own cell phone.
This is the kids' fitting room. They are really like my second family.
Over there... that's my dance partner. And that's my mom (laughs).
Good luck. Hope it goes well for you all.
I hope it turns out spectacular.
Thanks! Same to you! (laughs)
Salsa is in the DNA of the people of Cali.
We carry it. We feel it... some by ear and others, in their feet.
If you go to a barrio in Cali at midnight--what you'll hear is... salsa music.
Listen to what's good for you... or something like that (laughs).