Dancing

[dancerjodi]

Last night's class was good. I found out that the group is working on Jive Bunny now (I missed the last 2 weeks of classes). Its a long, large tap dance with lots of different groups moving in and out, doing different choreography. The song is from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002JNE/002-3240616-1335217?v=glance and is like, 10 minutes long (remixed 1950's classics). I haven't done the dance for 10 years, actually, but its one of my favorites.

For whatever reason Saturday's 'Bikram Ballet' class (it was 90 degrees in the studio) went really well for me. I didn't feel like I was putting in any different effort than usual, but the teacher came up to me after class and told me that I had a great class, and seemed to be working really hard. During class at one point after finishing a turn down the floor she said "great job! Mom is watching!" She made a comment about it again last night, saying that she was going to tell her Dad (Miss Peg's husband) about my good class. Weird. Its been hard making the commitment to 3 dance classes a week when oftentimes after work I'd like to just park my butt on the couch. Once I get up there though, its worth it.

As of Saturday it will be a year since she's died http://dancer.livejournal.com/2004/03/28/. I can't believe that its been that long. Its only apropos that we'll be at the Barre Saturday morning in tribute.

Comments

Bikram Ballet

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"Was the "Bikram Ballet" intentional? If so, it sounds kind of (uhm, not cool) interesting."

Nope. The heat at the studio is very wonky and was set very high (out of our control) even before we started moving. It was quite the workout, but made it hard to do aerobic things like fast routines or turns across the floor. Last night was just as warm at the studio, I'll be glad when the heat is shut off for the season. :)

"If you liked the heat stuff at all, you should try the hot room yoga some time! As you know, we're big fans of it."

I've always wanted to try Bikram yoga (I'm sure I'm probably spelling that wrong). Its just with 3 dance classes a week, finding the time to do it is a bit tough :)

Re: Bikram Ballet

[vlindinhauer.livejournal.com]

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Well, FYI: http://www.zenathletica.com/, we usually go Sunday mornings. The "bikram" is now called "hot hatha yoga". Sometimes we go on Monday evenings, which tend to be more crowded and a lot hotter. So, maybe sometime ... :)

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Re: Bikram Ballet

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes we go on Monday evenings, which tend to be more crowded and a lot hotter. So, maybe sometime ... :)"

I have bellydancing on Mondays . . .