The subject of tonight’s lecture is Rhythm

Posted by: fracas on November 18 @ 10:33 am

I’m going into a new phase in my dancing. After learning all the basic moves and turn patterns it’s time to get back to basics, and really master what it’s all about: The rhythm and the flow. I really want to improve and as the impatient person as I am, I try to grab every little opportunity…I swing the hips in the shower, I make right turns, left turns whilest preparing dinner, I keep my body erect, abs in, feet pointing outwards whilst I go shopping. As you can see I am on a mission. I’m going to become a great salsa dancer! I feel like Baby in Dirty Dancing, clumsily practising the mambo. Luckily I have passed that stage, but I’m nowhere near where I want to be.

As with most skills one attempts to master, there comes a time when one seems to be getting worse. It’s the time, when instead of excelling one has to learn to master the core essence. Some things cannot be understood nor learnt in the beginning. It only comes with maturity. It’s that AHA moment, when you suddenly seem to grasp the essence of it all. It’s enlightening yet difficult. Because it also means you have to throw out a lot of information and techniques that you once learnt and start all over again. This is the precise moment I’m in right now. It’s all back to basics, wax in wax out, wax in wax out….

Check out this video which is amazing, philosophical and physical, body and mind in total harmony. Boy I’d love to dance like that! The subject of tonigh’t lecture is…….Rhythm