Igor Pitangui and Thibault RamirezDancers Igor Pitangui and Thibault Ramirez won the West Coast Swing competition ‘Random partner/Random song’ in Budapest, Hungary, this year.
The improv dance was gorgeous, and Igor’s story makes it all even better.
Before you read on, please watch their delectable dance:
And now, from Igor:
In this video, there are many of important layers to my trajectory and I will never forget this moment.
First to have @benmorrisdance announcing it the way he did was a huge surprise and I’m an absolute fan of his and all he stands for in creativity is spontaneity so I could swoon over just that start.
Then there’s @nicrmz, a person I love and have as a dear friend, telling me nice things before dancing.
So I dance with Thibault, a friend that I trust and who I love to dance with. All the audience that stayed the whole time cheering even with the moments of fall or imperfections… All the Champions in the chairs behind, people that I respect and admire so much, cheering and enjoying this moment.
Not even in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that.
That boy who left the interior of Brazil, who once cleaned toilets in exchange for a scholarship to dance classes. That boy who spent days with two cookies in his stomach because he didn’t have money to buy food. This boy fulfilled a dream!
This boy who is now a man continues to dream. I tell you to never give up on your dreams, no matter how impossible they seem, work to make them come true.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT.