We just got back from our first ballroom dance class and boy do my hips and knees ache. It was just 2 hours but 2 hours on your feet moving about can be a lot of work. We first learned the 3 step waltz, then the 4 count rumba (which is basically the waltz but there’s a pause on beat 2), then the simple hustle, and then merengue. I think I rather like it. So we learned that for the waltz, the women step back with their right leg (aka “sexy leg”) and the men step forward with their left leg. Ladies put their left hand on his bicep and he puts his right hand on her shoulder blade. Then it’s just 1-2-3, back side together, up (left) right together for the women and opposite for the guys. The women have to look to the left. No eye contact. Easy peasy eh? I think I can handle that. It’s when they start introducing fancy side twirls and such that I start to get dizzy.
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