fandomhigh | Dance, fifth period, Thursday

Nadia was wearing a particularly flowy skirt for dance class that day, and smiled as the students entered the class room. Once everyone had gathered, she got right to the point.

"Dobrý den, každý. Jak se máte?" She smiled. "Okay, that was 'hello, everyone, how are you?' in Czech. Which you don't need to know, and is pretty much my entire Czech vocabulary in one go. But I thought it might be a fun way to start, since El Professor unfortunately won't be here today, but has us down for learning a traditional Czech dance this week. The polka."

Nadia then proceeded into a brief lecture based entirely on the notes El had given her the day before. "But enough talk. We're here to dance. Unfortunately, I don't have a partner to demonstrate with, so I've brought in a video instead." When that was done, she faced the class again. "This is one of the dances I'm familiar with, so if anyone has any questions as we go, I'll be glad to help. And, no, you're not expected to pick it up as quickly as the King of Siam did."

She put a nice, modern polka on and let everyone give it a try.

Towards the end of class, she asked for people's attention again. "That was great, guys. Thank you. Now, this isn't on the syllabus, but I thought it would be fun, anyway. I want to talk for a moment about innovation in dance. It's what keeps the dances fresh and exciting, and not just ballroom style. I have an example of one modern group that has taken technology into account in their choreography." She put on another video. "Not that I'm encouraging everyone to immediately try that out. I don't want to take the blame for something like this--" she played one last video, a shorter one this time. "--happening to any of you. But for the last bit of class, let's see what kind of innovations you can come up with for some of the dances that we've learned so far."

[ooc: ~~OCD is a-coming~~ We are OOCed and ready to go. Czech language comes from InterTran and my own limited knowledge of the language. Videos are all YouTube and without questionable content, and credit for finding that last one goes to

sogothcally.]

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Listen, chat, make fun of Nadia for being a big language and dance geek. I mean, really, saying hi in Czech for a Czech dance? What's up with that?

Pippi is practically vibrating.

Excited about Polka?

Maaaaaybe.

Walter sat back and grinned while Nadia did her teacher-y thing. Every TA had to do it now and then, after all.

Nadia tried not to assume that that grin meant that she was making a fool of herself.

Okay, the Czech might have been a bit much. She just loved how the language sounded. . . .

Lana listened to the lecture, still pale and coughing a lot. There was no way she was going to be able to dance. She'd barely managed to ~~sneak out of the room while Jim wasn't looking~~ get to class.

Billy paused in his relentless giggling at the last video to express concern for Lana. "Didn't get dry in time?" he asked.

"Apparently not," she said ruefully.

"Sorry I distracted you from retreating to warmer climes."

Lana shook her head. "Don't even worry about it. I was already run down, probably would have gotten sick even without the soaking."

"Maybe you wash your hands too much. Your immune system got soft."

Lana blinked at him. "Um... maybe?"

Billy really was bad at kidding. Maybe it was the deadpan delivery. "Just a theory I heard somewhere."

Lana nodded, feeling too muzzy-headed to figure out anything. "I'll, um... keep it in mind."

Sam listened to the lecture and tried very, very hard not to imagine Nadia in traditional polka attire while Walter played the accordion.

It was possible she was in a strange mood.

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