Sep 29, 2014
Can you dance like a Colombian? Sadly I have to admit that even
after eight years here I am a poor imitation of any Colombian, so
imagine how British writer Neil Bennion (www.wanderingdesk.com)
felt when he decided to train himself up in a six month stay in
Colombia and write a book about his
travails.
Bennion begins his journey in Colombia's de facto capital of dance,
the city of Cali, takes lessons, suffers, succeeds and then takes
off around the country. In what is an informed, digestible and
enjoyable travel novel, Bennion details a history of Colombia and
her regions through the music discovered and explored. His travels
take him through a variety of destinations including Medellin,
Bogota, the Eastern Plains and up onto the Caribbean coast where he
finds himself in San Basilio de Palenque, a community of former
African slaves with their own independent identity separate to that
of the rest of Colombia.
We catch up with Bennion in Poland and grill him about "Dancing
Feat: One Man's Mission to Dance Like a Colombian", his first book
and find out if, after his lengthy stay here, he is in act able to
dance like a Colombian and how this skill benefits him now.
Download his book here on Amazon http://goo.gl/e6Qv3n .