Pro is about to take 3 weeks off and this is our last in person lesson for the month. Though we might do virtuals after a week. How you know you're addicted to ballroom? Planning your vacations based on Pro's schedule. I was like: Oh. I guess I can go on a vacation then ( Read more... )

Yesterday my open level latin friend came over to help me practice my intl rhumba choreo. At one point she said: "During the fan, crunch your upper back which draws your foot in ( Read more... )

i'm pretty content today.

it helps that i'm not pms-ing and i just danced so much last weekend. with the double dance lesson with J on friday and the saturday mini-match.

went to uptown dance today, it's a friday, and not that many dancers, and I thought I was going to leave early, but I ended up dancing a whole bunch ( Read more... )

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so happily, i did my dancing early, so got it over with early. i was surprised to be paired with dillon throughout the entire checkout dances, and that was nice since he was super competent and helped me when i forgot stuff. that was nice ( Read more... )

i've been working on my cha cha chase turns, to do a double turn ( Read more... )

I've been at a high point in my dancing lately, because of the Fred Astaire studio: ie, the studio that takes all my leisure money. I've done GoDance, Esquina de Tango, Austin Ballroom Dancers... but of course, the one I fell in love with is the most expensive studio in town ( Read more... )

So I've been taking classes at Austin Ballroom Dancers since spring, and the men are mostly old and not very good. But it's cheap and close by. And I figured I'd do a private lesson with the teacher there to brush up on Viennese Waltz ( Read more... )