ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 10月7日 12時11分

Welcome to El Deportivo, where old-school merengue is still going strong. In what would have seemed like an impossibility not so long ago, El Deportivo, a social club, has become one of the last places in Washington Heights for old-fashioned Dominican dancing. It was founded 51 years ago by a group of men who played dominoes in their Washington Heights apartments, and as the population exploded over the next decades, the club became known as “La Embajada Dominicana” — the Dominican embassy — said its spokesman, Félix Grant. (Like a real embassy, the club has a formal structure, down to a designated spokesman.) Today, it still serves mainly as a gathering spot for domino players, as well as fans of table tennis, pool, bingo, softball and bowling. For a long time, the club was for members only. But as the old Dominican social scene began to get squeezed out by gentrification, about 15 years ago, club members voted to open its almost-hidden door to the public. “It’s harder to find my music,” said Juan Moreno, a 51-year-old regular at El Deportivo. Dancing, he said, is “therapy.” @victorblue photographed Gildalina Victoriano, from Florida, dancing with her uncle, Juan Agustin Polanco, 69, of the Bronx. Visit the link in our profile to see more scenes from El Deportivo.

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