15 days of lessons- then Johana Copes
All the figures run together in a blur and the worst part of this is that I HATE figures.
Johana was so kind to take Mike and I into a separate room at the Museum of Tango and work with us on basic walking for an hour.The floor was slippery , newly waxed, and I kept sliding nervously off my axis.
Julio wet a towel and put it in the corner where we could plant our feet every few minutes. My dancing has NEVER been worse and Mike was no better. All the skating lessons we had before our pairs competition didn’t help -the slippery floor worked under us like a sheet of ice. The 2 ½ years of hard work since we started with Johana in November of 06 fell away into awkward nonfeeling tango- the tango I hate. The more I thought about what she was thinking the worse it got. Side srep, short step, l-o-o-o-ng step. The V. Reach back, push back. Finally the last dance and we were free to stare at beautiful Antonella. Mike held her for a picture then we went to the street and better days ahead. Giving up the skating was easy. After this lesson I think giving up the tango might be the best choice for my old bones.
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