LET THE MUSIC play
When my father was diagnosed with a painful and aggressive lymphoma in late 2019, four years after my mother passed away, I turned to Angolan dance teacher Braulio Faria of Forever Dance Academy in Cape Town for support. It was the summer before lockdown. In between chemo sessions, we danced for hours. Until I felt I could breathe again.
That sounds weird, I know, but when I’m stressed my chest locks and my breathing becomes shallow. Braulio instinctively knows where I’m at and gets on with my ‘therapy’, leading me through classic kizomba, a dance performed in a family setting, and semba, the Angolan party dance. Eventually I relax, swept away
