So, then There's Salsa
I'm taking lessons with a much younger Russian woman (hubba), D., in (semi) advanced salsa. I've had about 4 sessions so far. I still remember setting it up at a dance.
"I don't want a long-term relationship," I said to her, "more of a one-night stand." And yet, here I am still taking them.
It's hard to go back to knowing relatively nothing about a dance. Hard to go back to thinking about posture, direction, and body position, when the stuff I know now is so easy and natural. Am fighting "GOD, I SUCK!" tantrums. Deep breaths.
D. is a bit choreography dependent, since she starts some patterns without me leading them. Hate that! She also skimps on communicating the men's footwork. She seems to find salsa somewhat contemptible: "It's a *street* dance." My goal, however, is not to learn to dance salsa with D., but to be able to lead it with anyone, as I do with the rest of my dancing.
That's hard to do in salsa due to the speed of things, but I have the solace that I achieved that level in Hustle which is at least as fast. It took a number of years. :p
Yarha, Passing the Salsa
"I don't want a long-term relationship," I said to her, "more of a one-night stand." And yet, here I am still taking them.
It's hard to go back to knowing relatively nothing about a dance. Hard to go back to thinking about posture, direction, and body position, when the stuff I know now is so easy and natural. Am fighting "GOD, I SUCK!" tantrums. Deep breaths.
D. is a bit choreography dependent, since she starts some patterns without me leading them. Hate that! She also skimps on communicating the men's footwork. She seems to find salsa somewhat contemptible: "It's a *street* dance." My goal, however, is not to learn to dance salsa with D., but to be able to lead it with anyone, as I do with the rest of my dancing.
That's hard to do in salsa due to the speed of things, but I have the solace that I achieved that level in Hustle which is at least as fast. It took a number of years. :p
Yarha, Passing the Salsa