There are three reasons why you may not see a blog post from me at any given time:
On a rare day, all three reasons may fall together. Over the next couple of days, I’ll be traveling and won’t have access to the Internet.…
You know, I’ve only sat in on a couple of Hip Hop classes, but last night I was just blown away by how many girls get into it. Gloria Jones started offering Hip Hop classes in Houston again this week and the turnout was just amazing. But if there were more than 5 guys in the class, I couldn’t find them.…
Can you imagine Harry Potter doing the Two Step? I cannot. I have no idea of what kind of dance the kids do in the fourth Harry Potter movie, but it looks vigorous. I wonder, every time I watch it, how many girls went flying across the room as their partners hoisted them high in the air and lost control.
The first time I ever took a dance class, so far as I can recall, was in the fourth grade.…
A couple of Gloria Jones’ Beginner Ballroom Dancing students recently asked me to recommend some songs for them to practice to. They also take Gloria’s Salsa class, but we were winding down the Ballroom class when they approached me. I don’t actually have a very long list of salsa music or cha cha songs, but I suppose I should start compiling one.…
Social dancing has been described as having sex in a standing position. The body movements in many social dances reveal the details of their origins. For example, if you watch couples dancing the “dirty” Bachata dance style, they are obviously emulating sexual activity. The “clean” Bachata dance style is not nearly as intimate. The man stands further away from his partner, he doesn’t gyrate nearly as suggestively, and it’s just a fun little dance you could teach your kids without wondering what they’ll be up to.…
Well, I let my friend Maggie invite me out for an evening of dancing this past weekend. I’m not the most dazzling dancer when I’m sick, but I noticed a couple of guys on the floor who made me feel energetic and graceful by comparison. Which is not to say I would single them out and make fun of them in front of other people.…
My dance teacher asked me to stop by the studio tonight and help with an Introduction to Ballroom Dancing class. Not that I’m the greatest ballroom dancer since Fred Astaire, mind you, but I’ve got the basic footwork down for Waltz, Fox Trot, Rumba, Tango, and Jitterbug. And, oh yeah, I can dance a passable Cha Cha.
When I first took up social dancing in Houston I harbored dreams of rivaling the great dancers of the 20th century: Barishnikov, Astaire, Kelly, Ebsen.…
