Hip Hop Dance Class

"Are there still spaces open in your group hip hop class?"

I did not want to explain my elaborate strategy—I will stand in the back and use my keen powers of observation to mentally note the moves…then do what I assume is the equivalent of picking your nose in an empty elevator...practice my "Solid Gold" moves in the privacy of my own dance studio (the restroom).

Nervously, I held the phone tighter and rehearsed my next query...

"You’re open to people of all abilities right?"

"Oh yes," she sounded surprised, but confident...if not mildly amused.

In a friendly voice, she assured me she teaches ballroom, had taken the hip hop class and it was great fun…I would see.

Well, okay, but you’ve never seen this, I thought. I’m tired of explaining and trying to make everything okay for these people. The sort of folks willing to overlook science in favor of enthusiasm. People for whom a spinal cord injury is a hitch in the gait not a hindrance to executing physical talents and abilities.

"Wear comfortable clothes and arrive a little before 10:00am!" she then bubbled a good bye... (arrrg)

So...I arrived a little before 10am in my mumu and slippers...no no really,

I went to my first ever "hip hop" dance class this Saturday…I danced on my feet, near a structural column for support in case I lost my balance.

In my attempt to perhaps encourage you to let go and try new things (…something we allll need help with), I have posted my new moves at:

http://web.mac.com/amv12/iWeb/Site/ahiphopmove.html


http://homepage.mac.com/amv12/iMovieTheater8.html (for Windows users)

hope it's fun.

happy monday,

amanda