Went dancing on Friday night. hardly any young people. my single guy theory is spot on. two parts: first, young people don't go partner dancing without some reason. second, even if they did go, the only way that young girls go is with a boy. think about it. its hard enough to be brave to do individual things as is, but as a girl, going to a seemingly intimate activity, alone? no way. while a bummer, thats ok. without cute girl distractions, i get to work on my dancing. and i'm getting a lot better. i (re)learned about phrases in music last last week. that is, when i was young and played the piano, i know that music progressed in phrases and choruses. and i still knew that. but someone pointed out that music has up and down beats, and more importantly it has stingers, or stressed beats often in the fifth beat. also, phrases have normal structure. what this amounts to is that I'm now trying to time my moves with hits and stings. and when it works, man does it look good.
what i really need is a steady dance partner. i had one at Dartmouth but didn't have time to practice. but now i want to really get better. from this point I have to get so pulling moves is brainless, that way I'm only thinking about hitting beats.
also, i started salsa dancing. that is awesome too! completely different moves but also different music. i loved it! not only that, theres tons of videos showing moves and techniques just like for west coast swing.
the only issue with all of this is that its all individual stuff. i'm not going to make friends doing this. but as long as its still fun, thats not a big deal. for now at least.
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