Hyperreal

Not long back from a mega-workshop in Perth…

It was a long day, with lots to learn. I’m not going to go through everything here, but let me give a flavour…

I, not deliberately, ended up spending more time on technique – things like style, musicality and footwork. Only did a little bit of learning simply cool moves.

As it happens, I seem to be able to “learn” new moves fairly easily. I put “learn” in quotes, as although I had them pretty much sorted in the class, the chances of me actually remembering them next time I’m dancing is unfortunately fairly low. There was one rather cool move involving double-hand turning the girl behind your back that I really liked, and I hope I can remember it in the future. Also liked the lean move.

The other stuff I’m not so good at. I though I had a fairly good ear for the music, and figured once I had some more ideas about how I could put that into my dance, things would just work. Things didn’t work out so well. Maybe it’s just because I don’t yet have good control (over both me and my partner) that causes me problems. This is what I think I need to work on.

It wasn’t that I was total pants in these classes – I even got some rather high praise one or twice – but the overall impression was must try harder.

I think that’s all I want to say about my general experience.

Have to now thank the teachers and their demos – they were totally fab. The demos sometimes giving as much instruction as the teachers. I don’t have a “clap-clap” smiley on my blog, but if I did, I’d put it here.

Also a big thanks to the ladies I danced with. I didn’t have a fixed partner for most of the workshops, and I have to thank the partners I did have for their patience. (Another clap-clap or flower smiley here!)

And to everyone else, “Hi!”, nice to meet you if I did, sorry if I didn’t, hope we have time for more socialising next time we meet!

Last, but not least, thanks to my (non-exclusive) partner who ended up with me once or twice, for praising my dancing, feeding me toast, and taking me shopping (again!) I have nothing but praise for your dancing, and I’m looking forward to the next time we can tangle arms.