shall we dance?
One of the reasons I have not written very often is my new Tuesday night activity, beginner ballroom dancing lessons. I started in June with Foxtrot and East Coast Swing lessons, did 4 weeks of Latin dancing last month, some ChaCha, Rumba, and Salsa, and this month is Waltz and East Coast Swing in two different classes, which has turned out to be a bit much to handle for one night at my current fitness level, or lack thereof.
It’s been quite interesting, I’m finding much of my martial art training transfers quite well - framing, positioning, movement, connection (which is called leading in dance) - it’s all there. Different terminology, different use, same idea. However, despite it being fun to learn, I don’t see myself continuing it. I’ve also gone to a couple of the social dances held on certain Saturday nights. My problem is this - I’m an introvert. I find it incredibly difficult to connect to other people, particularly in a social setting, at least one in which I don’t know anyone.
So, end result - during lessons, can dance with any woman and not feel the least bit self conscious, get complimented on how well I dance despite not having done it before, or only having a lesson or two, but at the social dance - complete fish out of water, don’t dance with anyone, and I’m the first to leave for the night, long before the event is over. Too far out of my comfort zone for now. I could see myself doing it if I had a partner, but I don’t think that would happen unless I took actual dance lessons, and I’m not likely to do that because of my jujitsu classes. Too bad classes happen on the same night - if I could just find regular group lessons on a Tuesday or Thursday, I’d be much more likely to find one, I think.
Oh well, guess it doesn’t much matter for now, I’ll finish my lessons this month and that will probably be the end of it for a while, I realized Saturday night that I’ve already forgotten the foxtrot because I haven’t done it since the last class in June. Well, it was fun while it lasted.