Given the way I jumped headfirst into dancing blues and still have nearly zero lesson experience, I probably do not possess the legitimacy to speak about it thus. I probably still frustrate the good leads with whom I am lucky enough to dance.
Disclaimer done.
Blues dancing is just about the most wonderful experience in the world -- yeah, I'm in love right now. The unfamiliar observer might deem it incomprehensibly inappropriate: picture two people whose relationship could fall anywhere from couple to complete strangers, dancing in a close embrace... But that's it. Five minutes of escape to a separate world, just you and that person, surroundings ceasing to matter. You rock, sway, and swing in slow, fluid motions. The pauses and the subtlest movements enmeshed with the music are moments of near-breathless, perfect tension.
At its best: it is rapture, a taste of heaven or maybe of being in love. I practically cannot dance it without eyes closed.
...This description is either a pretty good one, or will sufficiently creep out whoever reads it to the point they'd never want to dance blues with me. Heh.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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