Graham and I had our first beginner ballroom class on Sunday.
Alison and Attila are the instructors of the class and they are so
great. They were super helpful, approachable, and great instructors.
Lesson 1 was all about leading and following. The rule is he
leads, she follows. Period… I need to work on this part. For some reason I feel
that I should lead. But I sucked it up and tried to let Graham do his job.
In our first lesson we also learned about frame. Alison had
all the ladies lean against the wall with our hands holding us up. She told us
that this is the feeling you should hold against your partner when you have
frame. And Alison said to yell “F.U,” as in frame up to your partner if you
feel they are getting loose and are not in proper frame.
We continued the class by practicing backward and forward
stepping with our partners, and it’s defiantly harder than it looks. Social
dance etiquette had us moving counter clockwise around the studio. We danced in
circles, practicing our frame and footwork.
Next we learned about the waltz, which has a 1,2,3 count
instead the usually 1,2,3,4 count. We continued practicing around the room to
the waltz beat and before we knew it the class was over.
Alison and Attila suggested that we practice dancing to one
song a night to keep what we learned in class fresh.
They have a website where they have a suggested music list.>
We practised to 3 times a lady by the commodores last night. So beautiful... the song, not our dancing.
Stay tuned for Lesson 2
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