Today I went complelty out of my element. I took a hip hop class at the YWCA. I mentioned it at work to Lacey and she decided to join me. Now you would think after 16 years of dance lessons I could do a basic hip hop class. Well, my favorite had been tap dancing and I only did okay at that from an overabundant amount of enthusiasm, some crazy talented jazz hands, and a huge smile to hide all the mistakes. These don't really translate to the hip hop genre.
So we walked into the class and were welcomed by a very large woman who turned out to be the instructor. She could move more than you'd ever believe! The rest of the room was filled with all ages, but mainly middle school age kids. Now I thought at the ripe old age of 27 that I'd be beyond caring what others thought and be able to just let go and move with the music. Yeah, right. At one point we were trying to pop and lock (yes, I know, you are laughing at just the thought of it) and I swear it looked like I was having a seizure. We stood in the back and tried our best to pick up the routine, but the teacher said "All of you in the back are overthinking it. I can see you counting. Just let your body go. It knows what it needs to do" Whoa! Did I just travel back in time to my intermediate jazz class in 1994?!
It took going to this class to remind me that it was only through tons of practice that I ever got as good as I did. So this kind of brought me to a new place in this Becoming Me thing. Sure, I was totally out of my element, much more so then if I signed up for a tap class. I could go to the hip hop class on a weekly basis...but I don't think I will. I have no desire to become better at hip hop. It doesn't excite me so I'll move on. Maybe a modern dance class...more flailing is allowed when you are pretending to be a flower in the wind or maybe I'll just find a tap class and do that weekly instead of dragging myself to the gym to sit on a stationary bicycle with a magazine. (The dragging to the gym doesn't happen as often as it should)
But in order to document our hip hop class Lacey and I showed it to Chris. His comment was "wow, you look like So You Think You Can Dance rejects" You decide...
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3 comments:
Seriously?! thats awesome. And I think Jazz hands + hip hop = sounds awesome. Okay maybe not. Funny though... you should try it. :)
And yes, I do have to squish Liams thighs at least 5 times a day. They are soooooo squidgy! love it.
At least you guys had fun together!!! :) I'm going to go to a belly dancing class this Sunday!
Good for you Laura! Would have loved to been a fly on the wall in that class :)
I'm currently looking for classes of my own to take but haven't had much luck. Most of them are a bit pricey!
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