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Mambo!(Dancing with the Stars)
"Dancing with the Stars" is back, for its sixth season. The women have dusted off their sequinned bras, the men have reassumed their matador poses, and the whole big diamante cheese ball is rolling down the highway again, into your living room. Professional ballroom dancing is an oddity, because for the most part it is done not in theatres but at competitions. Therefore, every millisecond of phrasing, every chin tilt and fanny wag, has been decided upon beforehand and rehearsed for days on end. The resulting artificiality is compounded by ballroom's unashamedly retro character. What do we know, today, of ballrooms? Is there one in your neighborhood?
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