Posted by partlycloudy on January 9, 2005, at 17:27:19
In reply to crying, and DANCING, again » partlycloudy, posted by just plain jane on January 8, 2005, at 10:45:06
Thanks so much, jpj. I think I was having a particularly hard week, too, with a heaping portion of Life on my plate. I know that I place the greatest of pressure on myself and it gets exagerated when I'm depressed. I'm definitely going back to the beginners' class to make it easier for me to actually enjoy myself and learn this teacher's style. That was a big surprise. I had tried a single class of hers when I first moved down here and disliked her style then. It was, um, a spiritual dance lesson rather than technical, and it irked me. So this time around I was expecting a similar experience. Little did I know that in the meantime she had decided to make dance her primary focus, (meaning - teach a class with enough subtance to get her students to return!) and this class had a lot of structure, speed, and precision. Wayyyy different, which freaked me out completely. I was thinking, is it me? do I remember someone else? I am rather uncertain in the cognitive areas these days, so I really had to do a self-check. It was definitely her who had changed, and me who had lost the ground in coordination and poise.
I think I'm ready again.
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