“a stab” for the manager of 100% Latino in Dijon
No more music comes out of the 100% latino since mid December. Since the measures announced by the government to limit the spread of Covid-19: the Dijon establishment is like all the other bars in the country subject to the ban on dancing. “A stab” for the manager of the premises, Alfredo Gladone, because “Without dancing, there is no one with us because it is not a neutral place, but a night and dancing bar where my customers come to have fun.” As a result, the boss closed his bar and had to put his three employees on leave and is waiting for car responses financially it becomes very complicated.
– Stephanie Perenon
Regulars in “lack” of dancing
With this closure, the dance lessons were given by an association every Wednesday evening were also canceled. To the regret of the regulars for whom coming to dance is vital. This is the case of Cyril, a fan of Latin dances, and in particular of Bachata, a traditional Dominican dance. For this Dijon resident, used to 100% Latino where he has been coming very regularly for ten years, this ban on dancing is very hard to live with. “We are sad for the establishment and worried about its future and then it is a real lack because in my personal approach, dancing is necessary.”
“Not being able to dance is a hard blow for people’s morale” -Cyril, a regular at the 100% Latino bar in Dijon
Without dancing: fewer moments of conviviality
Same observation and regret for Florence, the president of the association The owl at the ball which has been offering folk dance lessons in Dijon for five years. Like the others, it’s difficult to do with this ban on dancing, suddenly no festive assembly during the holiday season. “There is an immense loss of bond, with all these canceled balls, it is so many moments of conviviality that we lose.” Because for the head of the association, “dancing is a time when we leave worries in the closet and where we come to have fun and meet people, outside of the family.”
The good news of the start of the year for La Chouette en Bal is that Monday classes at the Maison des associations in Dijon resumed on January 7, 2022. The Dijon association, which however suffers the full brunt of the crisis since in two years memberships have melted, and have gone from more than a hundred to forty at the start of the year.
On the other hand for the 100% Latino, the closure remains in place, at least until January 24, 2022, date of the extension decided by the government for the discotheques.