The First Death of a Dancer

How passion wears out

Photo by Vadim Fomenok on Unsplash

Let me take you into the weird world of hip-hop dancers. First, you must know that any number after eight bears no significance to us. “And” is considered a count — as in, one AND two AND three, up to eight. We count in that manner to teach choreography, only to resort to making part-martial arts part-explosives sounds (“tuh-tah-boom-boom-ta-ra-ra-tsss-ha!”) to express the…