Jul. 7th, 2010 02:54 pm
Dance Stuff
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mizarchivistI seem to have neglected to say that I've been attending salsa classes at World Rhythms for a total of 3 weeks now. It's been a long time since I've taken salsa and it had been the particular activity ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
quiet_elegance and I did together. However, with half of my 10-pass prepay, I had to use them somehow post-Bollywood, and getting to have class with my old instructor sounded a good notion.
Sounded like.
Here's the thing. Bollywood was a thing I found difficult a lot of the time, but I always went and usually came back pretty happy. The women who attended were all quite keen and we could keep up with each other so that there was always forward momentum on the hour of class. After not that long, there was a very great vibe between students and instructor- it was not the average class setup. Fierce love and loyalty, always.
Now here I am attending a class that is.... not. I'm an outsider, which could change if I keep going. There are some people who're clearly there every week. But now instead of each of us being responsible for our own movement in class, we are now required to interact with someone else. As the one with the XX chromosomes, it's my part to be the "follower" in the couple. I'm not a very good follower, especially when the "leader" requires quotation marks around that designation. We don't slowly work on an on-going bit of choreography. We end up doing one thing repetitiously the whole class. It's true, we all need the practice. Me too. But it's dull as hell. The not do it perfectly but start to string something together? I can get behind that. Instead, I do my best to be a follower and smile and eventually end up staring at the clock wondering when it'll be over already.
My ray of hope: last night before salsa started, my instructor (also the studio's director)- was trying out a new Bollywood teacher. She's different, as expected. But after only 5 minutes doing that, I was genuinely happy. There'll be an intro/free class next Monday (right in the middle of book club, dammit) so it's possible that before the end of the month, I'll be back to what I really want to do. Fingers Crossed!
quiet_elegance and I did together. However, with half of my 10-pass prepay, I had to use them somehow post-Bollywood, and getting to have class with my old instructor sounded a good notion. Sounded like.
Here's the thing. Bollywood was a thing I found difficult a lot of the time, but I always went and usually came back pretty happy. The women who attended were all quite keen and we could keep up with each other so that there was always forward momentum on the hour of class. After not that long, there was a very great vibe between students and instructor- it was not the average class setup. Fierce love and loyalty, always.
Now here I am attending a class that is.... not. I'm an outsider, which could change if I keep going. There are some people who're clearly there every week. But now instead of each of us being responsible for our own movement in class, we are now required to interact with someone else. As the one with the XX chromosomes, it's my part to be the "follower" in the couple. I'm not a very good follower, especially when the "leader" requires quotation marks around that designation. We don't slowly work on an on-going bit of choreography. We end up doing one thing repetitiously the whole class. It's true, we all need the practice. Me too. But it's dull as hell. The not do it perfectly but start to string something together? I can get behind that. Instead, I do my best to be a follower and smile and eventually end up staring at the clock wondering when it'll be over already.
My ray of hope: last night before salsa started, my instructor (also the studio's director)- was trying out a new Bollywood teacher. She's different, as expected. But after only 5 minutes doing that, I was genuinely happy. There'll be an intro/free class next Monday (right in the middle of book club, dammit) so it's possible that before the end of the month, I'll be back to what I really want to do. Fingers Crossed!
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