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Hugging a mug of tea and beaming beneath a mass of dark curls, you can immediately see why Sara Sitrani, 24, would be such a warm and friendly dance teacher.<\/p>\n

Born and raised in Cardiff, with a part-Russian mother and Persian father, dance has always been a part of Sara\u2019s life. She explains, “There is not a traditional Persian dance, people just dance. Persians love any excuse to party, so you better know how to dance.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kizomba is such a diverse, multicultural class, even though it\u2019s a\u00a0Portuguese\u00a0Angolan dance, dancers are from all over the world.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019d go abroad and find local clubs and local dancers. We went to Benidorm and you\u2019d think you can\u2019t find it there, but I found some lovely local clubs. As an experienced dancer you can tell \u00a0from the music and atmosphere if there\u2019s something authentic about the place.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Dance is a universal language, one skill you can take anywhere with you.\u2019<\/p>\n

Therapy<\/strong><\/p>\n

People come to Kizomba for all different reasons, we don\u2019t always know why. Sometimes students are really nervous, panicky or lack social skills. Sometimes they are here because of a traumatic experience, they need to not be on their own or they need to escape or a new start through the healing power of dance.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s very powerful, about releasing joy in a physical form.<\/p>\n

At first some people didn\u2019t understand. They are anxious about the closeness. But you begin to dance with who you feel comfortable with. I encourage people to push themselves but never feel unease; you should always feel happy,\u2019 she explains.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not only women who feel uneasy about Kizomba\u2019s intimacy at the beginning. \u2018Men are often worried by how women perceive them. We don\u2019t live in a society where we are physically close, but I have very open classes where we can talk about stuff like that. Guys can ask \u2018Is this too close? Is this OK? How should I ask a woman to dance?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2018It\u2019s something so innocent that it requires work to completely relax into it.\u2019<\/p>\n

Sara\u2019s Kizomba class is at Bacchus Bar from 8pm on Tuesdays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hugging a mug of tea and beaming beneath a mass of dark curls, you can immediately see why Sara Sitrani, 24, would be such a warm and friendly dance teacher. Born and raised in Cardiff, with a part-Russian mother and Persian father, dance has always been a part of Sara\u2019s life. She explains, “There is not a traditional Persian dance, people just dance. Persians love any excuse to party, so you better know how to dance.” \u00a0Culture Kizomba is such […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":15807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2085,192,907,403,2086,2087],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-15804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-angola","tag-dance","tag-dance-event","tag-dancing","tag-kizomba","tag-persia"],"yoast_head":"\nCardiff Character: Sara Sitrani - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/10\/18\/cardiff-character-sara-sitrani\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiff Character: Sara Sitrani - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hugging a mug of tea and beaming beneath a mass of dark curls, you can immediately see why Sara Sitrani, 24, would be such a warm and friendly dance teacher. 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