Dance 1, Period 5 Thursday
The first thing the students would see upon entering the dance studio was the row of mirrors facing them and the hardwood floor.
The second, and very out of place thing, they would have seen was the black-clad man to their side standing next to a guitar case. As they passed, he indicated that they should take a syllabus from the small table next to them and sit down.
"Buenos dias. Welcome to Dance. If you absolutely must know, the name the school has me under is," he grimaced, "El Mariachi. El for short. But that is all rather irrelevant as, to you, I am Professor."
He popped his neck. "Alright then, let's begin."
"Dance has been a part of human culture since before history. So long as there has been music, there have been people who danced to it. There is something, primal, raw, and sexual in dance, yet at the same time, it is something graceful, refined, and poised. Like most arts, dance is everything at once.
Some of the dances on the list you have in front of you require partners. Some do not. This leaves us with something of a problem, as we have a gender imbalance here. We have seven women and two men. Obviously not enough. Now, Miss Santos will be my partner in all class demonstrations, as she is the TA. And both of us will be on hand to help someone of the opposite gender if necessary, but you will have to share partners to practice. For tests, I have arranged for an extra male partner or two.
If you have any questions, or indeed, any suggestions on how this problem could be handled, please feel free to tell me.
Now, let's start with introductions. Tell me who you are, where you are from, and why you are taking this class.
The second, and very out of place thing, they would have seen was the black-clad man to their side standing next to a guitar case. As they passed, he indicated that they should take a syllabus from the small table next to them and sit down.
"Buenos dias. Welcome to Dance. If you absolutely must know, the name the school has me under is," he grimaced, "El Mariachi. El for short. But that is all rather irrelevant as, to you, I am Professor."
He popped his neck. "Alright then, let's begin."
"Dance has been a part of human culture since before history. So long as there has been music, there have been people who danced to it. There is something, primal, raw, and sexual in dance, yet at the same time, it is something graceful, refined, and poised. Like most arts, dance is everything at once.
Some of the dances on the list you have in front of you require partners. Some do not. This leaves us with something of a problem, as we have a gender imbalance here. We have seven women and two men. Obviously not enough. Now, Miss Santos will be my partner in all class demonstrations, as she is the TA. And both of us will be on hand to help someone of the opposite gender if necessary, but you will have to share partners to practice. For tests, I have arranged for an extra male partner or two.
If you have any questions, or indeed, any suggestions on how this problem could be handled, please feel free to tell me.
Now, let's start with introductions. Tell me who you are, where you are from, and why you are taking this class.