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Courtly Dance and Defence - Week 5, Period 4

"So last week we waltzed," Aly said, just as she finished setting up the video equipment. "This week, we're going to do something a bit less formal but even more fun and salsa."

She pushed play on the DVD and a series of dances started to play.

Once they were done, Aly demonstrated the basic partnered steps of the salsa, letting the class follow along slowly before clapping her hands and switching on some salsa music. "Throw your hips into it and move with the music," she said with a grin. "So go ahead and partner up and give this one a try."

Really, she was just amused to see what some of the members of the class would come up with.

[OOC: omg, I'm sorry for the lateness on this one! I got called into work on my day off (yay overtime?) but I am back and around now.]

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Giselle bounced up to him. "Shall we dance?"

"Seems to be the purpose here," John smiled. "You know how to salsa already?" It was always good to know what he was up against.

"Oh, no," she said with wide eyes. "But I know how to dance."

"Like the dances we've already learned?" John went for clarification.

"No, no, no, just dancing," she said. "You don't have to learn to dance! You just do it!"

"You mean the whole hold and sway thing?" He was good at that part. "That I can manage pretty well."

Giselle tilted her head. "Hold and sway? Why would you do that?"

"You know, like slow dancing," John replied. "It's my preferred method."

"Oh." She thought about that for a moment. "I don't think I've ever danced like that. Will you show me?"

"Um." John wasn't sure this was a good idea. "Sure. Uh, so you put your hands around my neck and then I put my hands around your back."

"Like a hug?"

"Well. In a way, yes."

"Well, that sounds very nice," Giselle said thoughtfully. "But I'm not sure it's really dancing. Should we try the 'salsa'?"

"I'm not sure my hips do that." They did.

Edited 2008-06-11 02:19 (UTC)

"The important thing is trying," she told him with big eyes.

"You have a point there," John admitted. "Okay, so we salsa." He attempted to get in the appropriate stance as they'd been shown.

Giselle reached up to put her hand on his shoulder and her other hand in his hand. "I'm not quite sure about the hips either," she confided.

"That's comforting," John smiled, taking her hand and putting his other on her back before trying out the quick, quick, slow routine of steps. His hips moved rather involuntarily with the music.

Hopefully her toes weren't in the way.

Edited 2008-06-11 02:35 (UTC)

They weren't. Mostly. Giselle was following John's lead lightly though her hips were apparently determined not to move with the music. "Oh! See? This is fun!"

"It's not so bad," John said, trying to control his hips because if hers weren't moving, there was no earthly reason why his should. And yet they were.

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