So this past weekend, I helped put on a belly dance workshop weekend called Midwest Tribal Mafia. I invited MDB to attend knowing this would not be a 'standard' dance show, but what the hell, right? It's still dancing :)
After watching the show, MDB and LBC caught up with me in the seats. I hugged them both and listened to their interesting commentary as first time belly dance show attendees. In belly dance shows, you can zaghereet, hiss and applaud at any point in a performance. (Hissing is NOT booing - it's typically done during a really slow snaky movement to show appreciation for technique.)
Anyway, MDB says, "I'm glad you were my favorite."
Side Bar, Menty and Physie: Blink, Blink, Blink.
Side Bar: Apparently there was a chance that I wasn't going to be the favorite.
Menty: I was working under the assumption that because I was her student I would be anyway
Side Bar: I guess we can wipe the sweat off our brow...
I went to class tonight to specifically talk about that comment. So after I signed in, I find MDB in the back on the floor.
Me: So about that comment....
MDB: It was honest. I wouldn't have said anything if you weren't.
Me: Ok...well...I still don't really have anything to say about that - other than - thank goodness!
We both laugh and head into the classroom.
Class has 11 women in attendance. I haven't been in a class this packed in awhile. We all line up and I notice a few newbies aka future owners of WTF face and I sigh and get comfy. Legs, the Swan, and the Young One are all there, but no LBC tonight - bummer.
Our plie combinations have become my friends - I look forward to them because they rarely ever change and I feel fairly confidence I can do them with minimal issue. The tendu combination has become wicked - in the 'it use to be familiar - but MDB keeps messing with the formula" wicked. To reassure the frightened, MDB says: We are going to do the same combination for degages.
Side Bar: Yup - WTF X 2
Menty: I miss WTF on others
Side Bar: Just to see the looks of 'ABANDON SHIP!! ABANDON SHIP!'
Menty: Yup - real beginners...
We move into rond de jambes which have an 'arm' situation now - I did it on the right side because I could watch and pace with someone else's arm, but when I was leading..."ABANDON SHIP! ABANDON SHIP!...ran through my mind - best to worry about the feet.
We hit the frappe combination and stretch before throwing our legs into the air for battements. I find out quickly that I'm too close to the wall to get a good arabesque battement.
We cruise into our adagio/petit allegro/thingy with some slow and turns in it - and then move to the traveling floor combinations. There should have been a warning: WELCOME TO SPIN CITY - Head Right for Pirouettes - any incomplete turns will end badly!
We make it through most of the combinations unharmed and extremely humble - happy to end on feet and mostly not on ass.
At one point, MDB tells us we need to look for the 'weeeeee' factor like little kids have. But we aren't kids and if we fall - shit will break! My 'weeeeee' factor is more like 'whooosh' -whoa, shit, I almost fell over!!
Planning to see Miss M on Thursday night....might have to explain 'whooosh' to her too!
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