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Not many can say they’ve licked and kissed Lil Nas X, but Yainer Ariza has done both. Hailing from Colombia, where the UN reports rising levels of violence against the LGBTQ+ community, Ariza has been dancing professionally for eight years, and now all that hard work is paying off. Speaking to Attitude just after his 24th birthday, the dancer talks about where it all began and what it was like working with the MONTERO (Call Me by Your Name) singer.
Did you always want to be a dancer?
Always. People often ask me if I want to teach it, but I have to be really inspired and want to share something with people to do that. I’m more of an interpreter; I like to play with different types of body language and movement from other people. I started here, in my neighbourhood in Cartagena, when I was around seven years old and I joined a local dance team. I was there for around nine years, till I was 16. Then I started
