The Angry Dieter

Last week, J started tapdancing, and she convinced me to sign up for Bollywood Dancing lessons. So I turned up to the dance studio with J in tow and wandered past the spanish dancers upstairs and signed up.

We wandered back down to the dance studio at the back, where they had just finished the beginners class. Apparently I had signed up for the Elementary class. So we stand there in our tracky dax and barefeet, looking at these skinny chicks, and a philippina woman stood next to us smiling away and nodding excitedly. Yes, I was here and I was going to be bollywooding it up. For a change, I was going to be learning something new, that required physical coordination. This is good, since all I do at work is think, at least this way, I get to concentrate on my body instead.

After warm up we started on the hip shakes and turning on the spot. Thank goodness I have a sense of rhythm, it’s been about 15 yrs since I last danced. I used to go ballroom dancing every Wednesday night at some studio in the city, and then go to the pub for some beer afterwards. It was fun, but this was something different. I remembered a couple of steps like the kick ball change, whilst .. we had to pretend we were holding oars and swooping down as we twirled around in a circle.

Then came the flicking bugs off our shoulder steps as we squatted and then half raised up, wriggled our bums, took a step to the right, scoop down, bend up, left foot across.. hands around into your standard prayer pose, jump left, and slight back.. anyways you get the picture. I had no idea that squats in gym could be used as a dance step, but there you have it. I do believe I recall asking J, “was this the class for dummies?” as the others cruised through the steps flicking bugs, scooping, and using their oars.

So Thurs and Friday I hobbled around feeling like an old woman as the backs of my thighs screamed at me like a baby. No aches and pains for the rest of the weekend, thank goodness. So I go for another class on Wednesday, to review what I think I have forgotten, and to learn more of this horrible dance that some are doing for some kind of soiree. Lucky them.

I have included below a youtube bollywood dance from some group somewhere, the music is similar to what we have to dance to. PS: thanks for the lovely positive comments about the site change

July 23rd, 2007 | Category: Odd moments, YouTube | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL