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Article: RHYTHM'S GONNA GET YOU; Pulsing music at American Folk Festival draws dancing enthusiast Maria Baeza
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- August 26, 2005
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Latin dancing, for women, is about following. Grasping lightly his
shoulder and hand. Focusing on his rhythm - back and forth. Intuiting
his step - left, right, left. Trusting his lead.
Maria Baeza, a 56-year-old therapist with curly, dark hair and
coffee-colored skin, says those are the rules.
"I'm assertive. Single. Everything's on me; it's all on my back.
And I'm fine with it," she said recently from her office in Bangor.
"But when I am on that dance floor, I don't do anything but follow."
For Baeza, who grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., and whose roots stretch
to Puerto Rico, following a dance partner is more than minding a
cultural rule. It's about learning how to follow on a more spiritual ...