Step Inside Mexico City’s Historic Danzòn Ballrooms – Feature Shoot

On one Sunday evening in January 2020, while visiting Mexico City, the photographer Chiara Bonetti entered Salon Los Angeles, a ballroom dating back to 1937, at the invitation of a friend. The moment she walked onto the black-and-white checkered floor, elegant Danzón melodies filling her ears, she knew she’d found something special. “At the time, I had no clue about Danzòn music and the Cuban scene in the city, but it was like love at first sight,” she remembers.