September.
Nagging heatwaves have gone by for good. Nights are drawing in. Time to break
out of the lethargy in which I plunged just after the exam and in which I
lingered over nearly the entire summer. Time to focus on less mundane stuff
than floating between home and work with some occasional only entertainment.
Nearly
three years of swotting up for three levels of the examinations have worn me
down and put off learning for a while. My idea to refresh my command of German,
lost on account of not using it (I was reminded of it specifically painfully
last year while holidaying in Germany), has been given up. Firstly, I did not
feel like taking up another course, doing homeworks, etc. Secondly, signing up
for a language course would require attending classes twice a week either early
in the morning or in the evening, which for work-related reasons (the New
Factory requires more and more flexibility in terms of business trips and
staying overtime) could not be viable, or on Saturday mornings, which in turn
does not come into play for family-related reasons.
A new
pastime activity was meant to involve some sort of physical exercise, so
eventually I have plumped for dance classes. So far I have had two lessons and
absolutely do not regret my decision!
Definitely
it is never too late to learn something new and useful. While attending parties
and weddings I was never chair-ridden, but I danced as good as I could (just as
many people do). But why dance as you can, while it is better to “can dance”
(pun intended, yet sounds silly, unlike the Polish lepiej umieć tańczyć, niż
tańczyć jak się umie). My selection was the party dance course (taniec
użytkowy) – not complicated, yet most coming in handy on social occasions.
Before
signing up I had some doubts whether I was up to it. My sense of rhythm is
below-average, yet my co-ordination of movements of limbs must not be bad if I
drive a car at absolute ease, so I hoped I would not bugger up all along.
After two
classes the impressions I can share are the following:
- as long
as the pace of learning is moderate and an instructor does not try to teach you
too much, grasping the dance comes up naturally,
- switching
the partners continuously adds much value to the learning, since you do not
learn how your partner moves, but develop universal habits and learn how to
send and receive impulses to and from your partner,
- dancing
not only enhances your daily routine but also helps you forget about the
quandaries of the daily grind,
- it is
essentially the chance to meet new people and simply have fun!, but
- unlike
some of you may think, odds of finding there a life companion are statistically
and practically low (in my group those people who do not come with a partner,
have been sent by their partners to brush up on their dancing skills).
There was a
time people urged to take a dance class to find a girlfriend. When they gave up
on urging, I settled for it on my own! The sound approach, I believe, is to go
there for any other reason than to find a girlfriend. Otherwise, I would have
ended up frustrated!
And once
the current course draws to a close, I will sign up for another one, just to
have fun!
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