I think I know what you mean , 3 years ago music was just somethng in the background of my life something I used to listen to as a teeenager. Top of th pops was now something for the youngsters to watch, whereas many others I know took an active part in listening to and accumulating music.
Then through starting to dance MJ there came a dawning moment when the haze lifted....
i was dancing MJ moves and MJ moves and MJ moves over and over again at classes and weekends.
I was in fear of forgetting the moves when going onto the dance floor or not having enough moves, but it was the moves that where in my head not the music!!!
then about a year ago at the first Southport (I know this topical but it just happened to be there for me) something happened ..... during the freestyle on the friday nightthere was a moment with a couple of dancers when I realised i was dancing TO the music and not to my preconcieved set of dance moves.
halleluja (sp?) I was flowing through moves into others without a concious thought of doing so......and........I began to find the odd break just "happening" for me! Almost sneaking up on me and shouting "BOO! I'm here!!"
That weekend really allowed me to practice this soooo sooo much that I suddenly actually believed in myself and realised I did have some ability to dance and was not a man with 2 left feet,(which was an honest held belief).
The breaks now come through thick and fast, as I believe I now usually dance to the music that I now hear much better.
I still get carried away and suddenly can hear a break approaching fast and really muck it up trying to chase round a move or 2 to get to the position I feel would suit the break in the music. but a lot of the times I find breaks well and can give up some time for my partner to have a play too.
(I would particularly like to thank Mrs Par, Miss Conduct and Zebra Woman for helping me to get through the haze last year
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