Here’s a brief dispatch from the Boston congress after the first night and day of workshops at the Hilton. The opening party last night (Friday) was well attended by local and visiting dancers. Performances were well received, particularly those of Ana & Joel (got a standing ovation), Hips on Fire (nice tricks), Latin Enchantment (Philly/New Jersey), Mambo Dinamico (North Carolina), Mambo Mike (a street bum drowning his sorrows with alcohol and Mambo from Chicago), Piel Canela (New York), and Salseros Unidos (very synchronized and clean number by a large dance group from Philadelphia). (more…)