mmm. dancing. #35 of 100

[labelleizzy]

Dance class was amazing. Again.
I want to take friends with me but simultaneously I want to keep it all to myself...
Dichotomy.
It's really, truly, amazing. Being there is like dancing your prayers to God. And it's explicit permission to:

a) Take Up Space. Which is an awesome permission to give a fat chick like me
and
b) Move However You Want To. Which is awesome permission to give a dancer like me who's been doing ballroom and other frame-partner dances for a really long time.

I feel deliciously loose. Which is nice after a mellow day of baby wrangling and a mellow weekend wherein I got to enjoy significant hanging out with all the boys I have a romantic interest in. (the girls, are another matter entirely. Sigh.)

But I really do get to Take Up Space and Move However I Want To. And it's phenomenally liberating.

I was remembering certain Persons saying "oh I don't dance" and remembering why my friend Forest always got lots and lots of girlfriends: basically, whoever he wanted, would sleep with him. And I believe that's because of the truism about dancers: "How you dance is how you fuck."

=)

I dance with my whole body, my whole heart, and a lot of creativity.
Take that as you will... *grin*

edit: it strikes me that the converse of my silly truism above is likely also true: that if you fuck with style, grace, or authentic enthusiasm, you would probably be able to dance well, also.

For me it is all about are you actually INHABITING the body and using its capacities in your communications with others; and the most intimate connections, for me, are in dance and in sensual pleasures.

Comments

[cookie-chef.livejournal.com]

I think Forest was probably right. My ex was a crappy dancer.

[kittiliscious.livejournal.com]

"It's really, truly, amazing. Being there is like dancing your prayers to God"

That is how I felt about pole dance class. I'm so glad you are having this experience!

I think about the "how you dance..." adage a lot. I am *terrible* at partner dancing, unless I have a strong lead and somewhat proscribed steps.

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

Honey, remember I've seen you pole dance, you have nothing to worry about in this regard, nothing at ALL.

[kittiliscious.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but that just means I'm great at having sex:

1) with myself and an inanimate object;
2) with myself, an inanimate object and an audience;
3) with myself, an inanimate object, an audience and a person sitting passively in a chair and not allowed to move.

:P

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAH!

*pets your hair*
Well based on my recent experience that's all true for me as well, so at least you aren't alone in this boat.

:P

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

I love 5rhythms... need to get back to it.

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. I am just having such a deeply moving experience, nearly every time I go ..

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

glad you are enjoying your space and the moment

[tatjna.livejournal.com]

When I dance I wave my arms around a lot. Take that as you will..

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

*grinning*

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

sounds wonderful :)

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

Hi there! Wanna try it sometime, let me know.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

i really should :) when and where?

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

Monday nights, 7 pm, Mountain View Mason's lodge, just behind the Library. $18.

They also have a yelp! page, if that helps.
If you attend, and I am there, do make sure to wave hi.
Been so long since I saw you, I've almost forgot what you look like. ;-)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

aww, monday nights are when my trivia team meets in the city :( i would love to see more of you, though - we should do lunch or dinner sometime!

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

I would love to hang out!

Matter of fact: The last 3 weeks of this month are spouseless, as he's travelling. I'm looking to line up lots of dinners-with-friends because I know I will be lonesome.

So aside from Mondays and alternative Tuesdays, I have lots of evenings free. Suggest one that suits you and I'll see if it can be made to fly.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

great :) will get back to you on that!