Soul Line Dance

To expand my dance horizons, I decided to take a soul line dance class offered by It's All Swing in Watertown, MA. I have never danced to soul music (not even listen to it, actually), and I don't really do line dances, so this was a bit out there for me. It was nice, though, that this class culminated in a performance at the Blues Cafe.

Perhaps the biggest challenge for me was really embodying the dance. I could memorize the choreography fast enough, but making it enjoyable to watch (and dance) was a challenge. We did have a class after the performance where we worked on two valuable parts of the dance: what to work on when performing a dance and how to get creative with a dance to add a personal style to the dance. I really got into that last class and added many different styles to the dance. Anyway, the performance was done before that class, and here it is.