Bebo and The Last Dance

"Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned in your letter, so that I might have something to press against my heart." 
                                                                                                - Johann Wolfgang von Goeth

       When we are babies we must first learn to crawl, then walk, then run.  If we are lucky, when we are older, we may fall in love and understand what it means to learn to fly. Love lifts up our feet and gives us wings. The closest experience to flying is dancing. You partner lifts you in his arms, up into the air, or you  jump (saute) across the room. 
    The piano player of this song, Bebo Valdés  is 83. Dancing makes you younger. Listen to Bebo play and imagine you have pressed against your heart some lover's old dancing shoes
Locumis refers to African slaves who were brought to Santo Domingo and Cuba. Dancing also makes you feel free.

             Danza Lucumí by Bebo Valdés                                                                   

The Dancer's Shoes