azurelunatic | Dancing shoes

calligrafiti is dancing.

I learned how to dance in Drama class, back in 1995/6, when I could get away with wearing The Pink Skirt and that godsawful black & gold sweater to class. Shawn was my dance partner, and if only he'd held me a little more firmly, we could have been excellent on that stage together...

Dancing really is a team sport. If you can't fake chemistry together, there's something lacking.

The best dance I ever had actually wasn't a dance. Darkside and I were in the courtyard at school, sparring (again). For some reason, our up-close fights turn into wrestling and rounds of Mercy. We ended up in a classic dance position, with my hand on his shoulder delivering a nerve pinch, other hand twined around his tightly, stepping, pivoting, and sliding together across the tiles in perfect time with each other.

At the end of the dance I told him that I should like to dance with him for real at some point, since he did it so well. He looked at me blankly and denied all accusations of being able to dance. He'd never, evidently, been taught, or tried... I'd like to see what he could do when taught. I'd like to see what *I* could do, when taught...