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OK, it's confession time! I've been going to beginner's classes for Ballroom dancing (Quickstep, Foxtrot, Waltz, Cha Cha) and have just completed my first lesson in Argentinian Tango (which I have been dying to do for ages, as it just looks so emotive, full of expression, sexy, masculine..etc).
Contrary to legend and myth, we Irish are not all naturally gifted dancers popping out of our mother's womb to then immediately do a rendition of "River Dance!"
And this Irish gent in particular is rather challenged (and challenging) when it comes to gliding across the dance floor. But, it makes for an interesting class!
If you'd asked me even a year or so ago about going and attempting such things, I'd have laughed. But it's actually great fun and my love for vintage eras has helped too (with the more old fashioned dances), plus there's a great social side to it too!!
Yes, the dance floor can look like the aftermath of a road accident after I have been gliding (and screeching with smoke pouring out of my shoe brakes!) across it like the chase scene from Bullitt! But I can laugh at myself and learn from my mistakes and little by little things are starting to fall into place! guess all beginners start at the bottom and grow and hopefully blossom. I'm very much at the dormant seed stage now!
Is all this airy-fairy dancing now challenging Mr Middleton's masculinity and machismo? not a bit of it!! In fact, it's probably enhancing it, judging by all the nice girls I'm getting to dance with (seems to be a shortage of guys doing this, their loss!!).
Can you tell I'm enjoying it? and I can't wait to go to a ball where I can get dressed up in my tails and white bow tie and strut my stuff like a scene from Gone With the Wind!!
Contrary to legend and myth, we Irish are not all naturally gifted dancers popping out of our mother's womb to then immediately do a rendition of "River Dance!"
And this Irish gent in particular is rather challenged (and challenging) when it comes to gliding across the dance floor. But, it makes for an interesting class!
If you'd asked me even a year or so ago about going and attempting such things, I'd have laughed. But it's actually great fun and my love for vintage eras has helped too (with the more old fashioned dances), plus there's a great social side to it too!!
Yes, the dance floor can look like the aftermath of a road accident after I have been gliding (and screeching with smoke pouring out of my shoe brakes!) across it like the chase scene from Bullitt! But I can laugh at myself and learn from my mistakes and little by little things are starting to fall into place! guess all beginners start at the bottom and grow and hopefully blossom. I'm very much at the dormant seed stage now!
Is all this airy-fairy dancing now challenging Mr Middleton's masculinity and machismo? not a bit of it!! In fact, it's probably enhancing it, judging by all the nice girls I'm getting to dance with (seems to be a shortage of guys doing this, their loss!!).
Can you tell I'm enjoying it? and I can't wait to go to a ball where I can get dressed up in my tails and white bow tie and strut my stuff like a scene from Gone With the Wind!!
