Lo Que Ale No Dijo

In this episode, I reflect on the emotional weight of silence, the complexity of community responses, and the difference between storytelling and defamation. I share why I’ve chosen to speak to platforms like Not Just Chisme, and how recording this podcast has helped me process my own healing not to harm anyone, but to protect those who haven’t been warned.

This is not an exposé. It’s not drama.
It’s documentation. It’s truth. It’s what many of us have been too afraid to say out loud.

I speak from my lived experience as a dancer, counselor, and survivor. I speak for those who have stayed quiet out of fear, and for those still searching for the words.

If you’ve ever wondered whether you're the only one who noticed something was wrong this episode is for you.

Trigger warning: This episode discusses abuse, gaslighting, and emotional manipulation in community settings, including the Latin dance world.

En este episodio íntimo y profundamente personal, Alexandra nos lleva de regreso a sus raíces como bailarina de danzas folclóricas peruanas. En el marco del 28 de julio, Día de la Independencia del Perú, ella comparte lo que significó reencontrarse con la niña que bailaba con orgullo antes de conocer el dolor.

Este no es un episodio sobre trauma, sino sobre retorno. Sobre cómo el cuerpo recuerda, incluso cuando la mente ha intentado olvidar. Desde los ensayos escolares de Festejo y Marinera, hasta el amor profundo por los ritmos de Caporales y Carnavales, Alexandra reflexiona sobre la sanación, la nostalgia, y el poder de bailar por la niña que alguna vez fue.

Un homenaje a la memoria, a la cultura, y al acto de sanar bailando.

On this special episode, released on Peruvian Independence Day, Alexandra returns to her roots not just as a dancer, but as a girl who once lit up on stage, barefoot and full of pride. After more than a decade away from Peruvian folklore, she reconnects with the rhythms that still live in her body: the joy of Carnavales, the fire of Caporales, and the memory of a little girl dancing in a Valicha skirt beside her grandmother.

This is not a story of pain. It's a story of remembering. Of home. Of healing through movement.

For anyone who has felt far from who they used to be, this episode is a love letter to your inner child, your culture, and the parts of you that never truly left.

This one is for her. The little girl who danced before she knew what healing meant.

🎧 Listen now and share your reflections with Alexandra at: [email protected]

In this episode, I reflect on multiple survivor stories shared with me from the Latin dance scene. We talk about grooming, coercion, trauma bonding, and institutional betrayal. I also share an anonymous testimony of rape and explain why this podcast exists: to hold space, not shame. Stories are shared with consent, and details are modified to protect privacy. 

Trigger warning: this episode discusses sexual violence, alcohol, and emotional harm.

In the very first episode of Lo Que Ale No Dijo, Alexandra Larco introduces the heart of this bilingual podcast. As a Peruvian immigrant, mother, dancer, and school counselor in Los Angeles, she shares the truths she once silenced: the stories stored in our bodies, the discomfort we were taught to hide, and the cultural patterns often left unspoken in dance and performance spaces.

Alexandra reflects on her own experience as a student and amateur dancer, navigating verbal abuse, machismo, and power imbalances, while reclaiming her voice as an adult woman and immigrant artist. She also includes the protected testimony of a former student whose story echoes these dynamics, reminding us that silence holds weight until it is spoken.

This episode sets the tone for the series: it is not gossip, not therapy, but truth told with clarity, intention, and deep care for collective healing.

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