Moving the Clunns

I've just come home from two days of intensive Argentine Tango workshop.

It was awesome!

I dug out my dance shoes - couldn't find the roughener for the soles, but it was all right - and had a severe case of nerves just before I had to leave the house.

I haven't danced in about two years and the last time I seriously did any sort of couple dance was before Tania was born!

My feets hurts.

It was a very interesting lesson in patience and reliquishing control. Being open to your partners signals, waiting for said signals and not pushing and pulling impatiently...

Yeah.

Once I had myself convinced that I did not know better, that the situation would not improve because I thought I had found the perfect time to start moving, it was a revelation!

I am so used to having a choreography and being centre stage while dancing that not knowing which step or variation would come next AND not being the one who gets to decide is terrbly exciting.

After two days we can get through a dance without making complete fools of ourselves and can even do some of the things that make me oooh! and aaah! when watching Argentine Tango. Nothing too fancy, mind, but I am quite happy with myself :)

<input ... ><input ... >I just finished my first Bollywood Dance lesson and I must say it was a success. We had loads of fun and my 'students' picked up the steps quite easily. I thought I would be doing the chicken step for an hour or so, but we could actually move on to small combinations of steps already!

Next week we will be deciding which song to go for for our choreography. One is slower and a bit more feminine, the other got lots of spunk and we would have the advantage of not having to think up an entire choreo all by myself besides working and such being able to watch the song on youtube for practice between classes.

I am quite excited, as next week we'll be a lot more people...

This is what we'll probably do:




But this one is also a strong contender:




I feel a bit sore after not dancing since we moved here...

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