Lesson 20

I was joined by Ciara on Monday, who was spending a few days in London after last Friday's dinner dance in Dukinfield.

We continued with tango, which makes three weeks in a row. Woo-hoo! It became apparent for the first time that my leg position was incorrect when doing a link into promenade. But now I know. I also realised that I sometimes gets links and locks muddled (as in, lets do another link and I go to do a lock - doh!). Again, I now have it straight in my mind.

We also did cha cha again. We moved it on quite a bit too. I realised what people mean when they say that years of training in other forms of dance doesn't always help. We had to do a turn inwards towards our partner. Inward turns feel incredibly unnatural to me, with the possible exception of a pirouette en dedans in ballet. So I did it wrong a few times. Which usually leads me to curse to myself. Not good!

Ciara was trying to persuade me to stay for the second class, and I'm sure I will soon.