Sunday, January 18, 2009

One Two Tango?

"OK, let's start with preparation. Feet crow's together, next to each other, not this way, but this way" - there she was, in probably her 40's, five-five at max, supple or even a little lanky even for that height I'd say - trying to get us started.

It was four of us, two each of guys and ladies, and Hiro, before asking us to get our feet crow's together, had complimented us on our heights - 'it's good to have guys such as you here'.

And as I stood there, observing myself in the mirror of her studio, wondering what on earth would crow's feet ever mean, her name came to me, once again, right from my gmail inbox. Hiro Yasabahashi - Japanese! Japanese! I shouted in my mind, just like Eureka! Eureka!

So it was close together! The entire dear rooked so simpre now! (Trust me, I had to go back to substitute 'entire' for 'whole' lest I would not have been able to afford this l-r thing!)

And then I was able to concentrate on the rhythm she was teaching us - srow, srow, quick-quick, srow, srow, quick-quick...

At the end of one hour, we were able to do about 12 steps of it - Tango. 

So far, so good!