I bought a Groupon for five 45-minute private dance classes, and we had our first lesson at the new studio last week. As compared to the little blonde Russian girl who taught our complimentary lesson, this instructor is dark-haired chick named Elie. She's probably very good at dancing herself, but she's not the best at communicating what we're supposed to do. Don't get me wrong; we're definitely learning, but I think more experience will make her a lot better down the line.
Patrick thought this studio had a much "colder" feeling than the first, but I didn't feel that as much. We did get a much quicker tour/intro of the studio and Elie didn't ask many questions about us, but for some reason I was ok with that. In our first lesson, we had only worked on the box step, and Elie decided that we were going to learn the foxtrot when we started working with her. Once she listened to our song, she realized it was an appropriate dance and decided to teach us both. Right.
I'm having fun learning the steps, but it does get overwhelming when I just can't seem to figure out a step. At both lessons, there have been around 5 other couples in the studio for lessons, too, and it's distracting when other songs come on (which is most of the time) and Elie is saying "quick, quick, slow," etc, AND I'm trying to focus on the steps we're supposed to be doing. Letting Patrick lead has been the biggest issue for me - I like to be in control, but I feel like it's slowly getting there.
They don't like to walk in the grass, and they don't like to walk on the rocks, so they stick to the concrete curbing as much as possible. It's really funny to me to see them run around the curbing as quickly as possible.
Even with the crazy eyes, they're pretty darn cute, though.
- Lisa
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