So You Think You Can Dance?

Dance? Oh please. Thats one thing you wont catch me dead doing. I dont hate dancing and i have nothing against it. In fact, dancing is something that i wish i could do. I wish i had the guts to do it. Its more or less like the sour grapes story. Yeah, i cant do it, so it must suck big time and its no good and no fun. Timing was never a problem for me. I just cant go wrong with timing, then where exactly do i screw up?

 My first experience at dancing was with some female friends, many years ago. It was at a dicso, and i would hardly call that dancing. Its more like throwing yourself around and creating some movement, that does not necessarily have to match with the music that is being blasted. But what the hell, i was there to impress those women. We all know women love men who can dance. At least most of them. By the way, i never heard back from those women again. Thankfully my close friends were not a witness to my acts.

However that was not the case three years ago. Went to a disco in Bangalore. Had a few drinks and i was on the dance floor. No, i was not trying to impress anyone, but someone did get impressed and she is now a part of my life. Im sure it was not the dancing. According to my friends who were with me, i made an ass out of myself, trying to dance. I got the tag of "Dance Master" and the whole incident was a joke that went around for a long time. I think that it still is.

Two years ago i saw the movie Shall we Dance. Now, i never had a love affair with dancing but something about that movie kept calling out to me. I told myself that it was just JLo's behinds that attracted me, but thats denial. I forgot about it for a while and it never came up, until two weeks ago. A friend of mine at the counseling center started a salsa class. Not just simple salsa dancing, but it explores therapeutic ways through which couples can improve their intimacy and relationship, through dancing. All my friends signed up for it and they are enjoying it. Some tried to convince me to sign up. My answer was a straight out NO. Yesterday i had a chat with my friend who is doing the whole thing. Ten minutes with him, and he had me. To be honest, he almost convinced me to sign up. So, eventually will i sign up or not? I dont really know. I am being pulled from both sides within me. One thing is for sure. To do one good dance is surely on my list of things to do before i die.