take dance lessons

Learning to dance with strangers is just as embarrassing and way more fun than I expected. I signed up for round two because I can’t get enough of this social experiment.

What I learned:

1. Ladies in Salsa I are apparently akin to freshman coeds. And upper classmen take Biology I for a singular purpose.

2. Some guys actually will tell you their girlfriend is their sister when she’s in the same room, and then kiss her and hold her hand when leaving the room. These things don’t just happen in ‘80s movies.

3. A 75-year-old gentleman is like a good book. And he can salsa the hell out of Paulo from Brazil.

4. I don’t know my right from my left.

I’m starting a 3-week American Tango class on Monday!!

I bought special ballroom dance shoes for it (which, by the way, are not cheap) and I’m hoping to take the Viennese Waltz after that and the Argentine Tango after that. :)

I have taken a few lessons, so this goal is technically achieved. BUT I am not done dancing! I just replaced this goal with a more specific one…learn to salsa!

I had my first salsa lesson last night. I didn’t break any of my body parts (or anyone else’s for that matter.) One of my partners told me I have good posture. The instructor asked me if I had taken classes before. When I told her I hadn’t, she said I was a good follower. I am going to a beginner’s salsa bootcamp on Saturday. I’m really excited! I added a new goal…to participate in a salsa dance competition! :-)

Salsa lessons begin on June 3rd. I cannot wait!

Meg and I (and hopefully Kristen) are starting to take salsa lessons in June.

For a cuban I have no rhythm, no fluidity…no concept of how to move in any kind of graceful way. I guess that’s why my mee-mee calls me Grace, ha ha. So, I’ve started taking Rumba lessons…it’s interesting. And it’s a hell of a work out, YAY! I would ideally like to take lessons pretty stringently for about a year. Start with Rumba, then Waltz, etc. I’m excited! It’s super expensive for private lessons…but totally worth the expense to become a little more graceful and “cultured.”

you know, like dancing with the stars! :D

so we can fox trot, waltz, cha cha, and tango, but my BF has work this week so I think we’re going to have to skip out on the swing. Pretty dissapointed…

Our classes resumed last week. This class(the people in it) isn’t as fun as the last one, but it was still a blast. We are the youngest by far in the group and maybe the best dancers. But that might be short lived… after all, we took the first class on the Fox Trot twice. Either way, I can’t wait until Wednesday…