Thursday, January 28, 2010

Tango

So the gym that I go to has classes that you can take as well. I love this because I can take classes and use the treadmills etc without paying an extra price. I've been taking aerobics. Also, on Wednesday nights they have a Western dance class. Basically, every 3 months they change to a different style of western dance and learn steps, basic and slowly get a whole routine. Currently, we're on tango. I like the tango because it's fun. However, I have two issues. To do it correctly you always have to have bent knees. This kills my knees. We know that my knees suck. They used to crack all the time and in replace of that is pain. however, I've been trying to work my way through the pain. So far, I've been doing well. But tango does bother them. The other thing is tango makes you turn your legs in as opposed to out. This style is against anything that I was taught before. It's right, but my legs automatically turn out. It's always a struggle.
Anyway, so the instructor is male. He is a good dance speaks enough English to help me or he just moves my body when he doesn't know what to say. I kind of have a teacher crush on him..I guess you would say. I'm not attracted to him.. I'm attracted to his talent. But he tells me I'm a good dancer. Also, he nitpicks the little things. I know that sounds bad, but it's not. The smallest of things he nitpicks, the better as a whole that I'm doing. It makes me happy most every time I do so. Ialso need to find the Al Pacino movie with him tangoing..The instructor mentioned it in class.

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