Astreja Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Tuesday night I made it to my first tap dance class ever, and my first dance class since a *meh* attempt at jazz dance in the 1980s. It was a lot of fun, and I was actually able to follow along without my brain imploding.About an hour earlier, I had another treat: A friend from a now-dissolved writing group had a book launch. Despite having to be in two places at once, I made a point of driving down to the bookstore before the show to pick up a copy and get it autographed. Most of the material is at least familiar to me because I helped him edit it, but it's fantastic to get a brand new, shiny book and an autograph that made me sniffle a bit. 1 Quote Astreja K. Odinsdóttir, socially-distanced Valkyrie Race: Humanoid (Ásynja) [ Level 9 | STR 14 | STA 18 | DEX 16 | CON 18 | WIS 19 | CHA 15 ] Link to comment
mediaguy99 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Yay tap dance! Yay dance in general. Congratulations! I'm taking tap too! I'm not taking my first tap class ever, but my first-ever series of tap classes. I've probably dropped into a dozen tap classes over the years, but right now I'm in week five of a tap class at the university where I work. It's super fun, pretty good cardio, and has me using my body in a way that's totally different from everything else I do.How do you like it???? Quote Level 21 Wild Elf Ranger/Assassin Spoiler I'm not really sure these stats are relevant anymore... STR: 31 DEX: 26 STA: 30 CON: 24 WIS: 30 CHA: 26 Current Challenge Link to comment
Astreja Posted October 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 So far, I'm absolutely loving tap. You're absolutely right about it being fantastic cardio -- It's at an entirely different intensity than what I usually do (walking, swimming, stationary bike). The greatest challenge, and potentially the greatest payback, is making my body movements smaller so that I can move more quickly and not fall off the beat. It's also a great fit for my primary hobby, which is playing clarinet. My teacher keeps telling me to "internalize the rhythm" so that I don't speed up halfway through a melodic phrase, and I'm finally starting to understand at a body level what he means by that. Quote Astreja K. Odinsdóttir, socially-distanced Valkyrie Race: Humanoid (Ásynja) [ Level 9 | STR 14 | STA 18 | DEX 16 | CON 18 | WIS 19 | CHA 15 ] Link to comment
Liam Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Hey well done! 　I am so bad at dance I have absolutely no sense of rhythm, but occasionally by girlfriend drags me along and i kind of have fun. It is interesting how we can kind of develop skills to the point where we stop thinking about them consciously. Quote Link to comment
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