So, why not dance?"Īnd, she said she had a secret for me. If you do not, you will also feel foolish. Reading my mind, an older woman dropped out of the dance, sat down beside me, and said, "If you join the dancing, you will feel foolish. "Don't make a fool of yourself," I thought. I remembered another time I had stayed on the sidelines, when the dancing began after a village wedding on the Greek island of Crete. The first time I went tango dancing I was too intimidated to get out on the floor. It's a complex and difficult dance, so I'm up to three lessons a week, three nights out dancing, and I'm off to Buenos Aires for three months of immersion in tango culture. It's a form of existential aerobics, a moving meditation. The CD-changer has six discs at the ready: waltz, swing, country, rock 'n' roll, salsa and tango.Įach morning when I walk through the house on the way to make coffee, I turn on the music, hit the "shuffle" button and it's Dance Time! I dance alone to whatever is playing. The seldom-used dining room of my house is now an often-used ballroom - an open space with a hardwood floor, stereo and a disco ball. I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind.
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