Lesson number 1 was much better than i anticipated. Our instructor Deborah Joy, from The Wedding Dance Specialist was great. She explained the basic fundamentals in a way that made it easy for someone as novice as me to understand quickly. Deborah explained how everything can be very black and white, and very structured, which makes it much easier for a man to comprehend. Trust me, this is true.
I think our biggest obstacle that we need to overcome going forward is Amy’s fear of letting me be in control. I have faith that she will overcome this hopefully as easily as i have overcome my fear of dancing. maybe explain “and by fear, i mean my fear of thinking i’d be able to do this… don’t get me wrong, I am still worried about the public performance – but, Deborah has made me feel that I really have a good shot at doing this, and even doing it “well.” When Amy was practicing with Deborah, she had no problem letting Deborah lead, but when she was practicing with me, she kept trying to anticipate what i would do instead of just following my lead. I’m certain that with practice (hint hint) Amy will come to trust me and let me be the “pilot” who takes her, the “princess” on a wonderful journey, as Deborah explained to me that this should be my attitude towards dancing.
Deborah began by teaching us how to find proper balance, shifting our weight to the proper points which allows Amy to feel where i am trying to lead her to. Her first question to me was “You always start with your left foot, Why?” and I responded “Because my right foot is my planting foot!” and she quickly said “No! Because as you said, you have two left feet.” This little joke quickly broke the ice as we tried to learn posture and positioning. We also worked on walking forward in a straight line without having to look at our feet. We then worked on doing it backwards, which is a bit more difficult, but we got the hang of it without out too much trouble. Then we dealt with turning. This was not so easy and will require some more practice lol.
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