Begin again Ballroom Dancing
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011After a year of not dancing, I am completely blindsided by the learning curve of learning Ballroom Dancing. Yes, I can remember a few steps but all the essentials I have obviously not learned or forgotten. The most gorgeous Big Band music plays while I clunk flatfooted across the floor, holding Ginger too close, and throwing her off balance with my forceful moves.
I love dancing so much. When the music begins, it is as if my tether has been untied. I fly across the room as if I was a helium balloon headed into the sky, and in my total exuberance I drag Ginger with me. It is not my intention to be inconsiderate to her; I just enter another state of consciousness hoping that she will join and that I will remember some steps in my unfocused state.
As usual that state does not work for any of us. Back to the drawing board, I have to realize that learning to dance is like learning to walk again. And here we are again.
My internal question is “What is it I have to learn in order to fly?” First lesson was how to propel from one foot to the other rather than slamming my foot down like a toddler wanting to make sure the earth wont move under the first steps. Second lesson was to hold my body up erect rather than crunching down over myself like a monkey accustomed to hunching before leaping from branch to branch.
Patience is not akin to flying or maybe it is since a baby bird does totter around on the limb a while deciding it is time to leap. So in my journey to the dance floor, I will take the time to learn to walk a new way.
I assume most people can either fake it or have a natural finesse that makes their partners comfortable enough to get through a dance. When I learn to walk, I will hold Ginger at a comfortable distance, support my weight as a homo erectus or some such species, and propel my entire body into the dance so that Ginger can read my moves. Back to the dancing room for me.
dance techniques to help tone and build stamina. Done in a nightclub environment with dark lighting and bangin’ beats from Lady Gaga to Beyonce, this class will be “lots of booty, cute and sassy, high energy and upbeat”!
attending and is eager to share her extensive knowledge about auditioning for professional dance teams. Sarasani began her dancing career in Austin by taking Walter’s UT Informal Street Jazz classes before The Dance Zone opened in 2003 and since then she has danced and cheered with the Ice Bats Batgirls Dance Team, Texas Wranglers, Dallas Stars, Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Cowboys. She will be an invaluable source of information regarding the audition process for these professional dance teams.
