Dance classes

Last year some friends of mine went to the international gathering in Denmark and really enjoyed it - it's a creative movement, parkour, dance and beach volleyball training at this sports academy outside of Copenhagen. I thought it was just parkour, and didn't really want to spend a week doing all day, every day, but when I learned that there was also a dance track I started to feel interested in it. And, then I signed up for it  I've never been to Denmark, and it sounded so fun!

Now I feel like I need to get some practice with dance again (which I haven't really done since high school, about 40 years and 40 pounds ago). So, in addition to the honk dance, I went last Thursday and this Thursday to a class at the dance complex in Central Square. Last week I did a modern dance class and this week I did a house dance. They were really fun! I'm definitely going to try to keep going until the trip.

Before the modern class last week I was so nervous. I got to the building and was even more nervous because there were a ton of people and a lot of energy - in a fun city way. But I had no idea where I was supposed to go for class and no idea how class would go. It all turned out fine, I asked at the desk, found the right studio, and there were a few other people who were new to the class. Everyone was friendly and welcoming, we introduced ourselves at the start of the class, and it was actually pretty easy to keep up with and physically not that demanding. I enjoyed it, but felt a little bit like it could be more of a workout.

This week I decided to try the house dancing instead - I'd never heard of house dance before. It's a freestyle club dancing. This was a little more of a workout, though I was able to keep up fine. The instructor (who used to go to my tae kwon do school) led us through a warm up and then taught us some steps and then choreographed a little dance that we did several times. I was mostly able to keep up with the choreography, but kind of felt like more practice was in order. It was really nice moving through the routine and getting the steps down. 

Yesterday I stopped at Walden after work. The water was 41 degrees - perfect for an ice mile. But I just dipped for 5 minutes.