Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Note to Self Doing Ballet-Hula Hip Hop Tango, with a PS to Nina

If the purpose of taking tango dancers to hip-hop class is to loosen the hips and get swingy with it, then if, standing in front of the bathroom mirror, plugged into Janis Joplin, one were to take a wide second position in grand plie and move the hips as in hula, in the cool sideways figure eight that calls to mind small boats on the sea or a Mobius strip, then one could accomplish almost the very same thing without having to revisit Detroit.

Isn’t this pretty, Nina? Let’s leave all that funky stuff out of it. Who needs it? Yes, I think this is lovely.

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