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6 Mar 2008 Ceroc you like a hurricane

One of my New Years Resolutions was to treat my body better and one of the ways to do this was to get dancing again. I did Salsa dancing for around 2 years but I stopped doing it for 6 months because I got pinned down with work. But I am determined and I recently started getting back into Salsa again. Last lesson I met this charming girl and she invited me to try a Ceroc dance class in town. Not wanting to turn down the offer of a charming lady (and not willing to admit that I've never heard of Ceroc) I accepted and tried it out for the first time last night.

Turns out it's simple enough for me to look like a bad-ass on the dance floor.

Ceroc, for those who are not in the know (including myself), is a dance form that is based in modern Jive but borrows lots of elements from other dances including Salsa, Swing, Lindy Hop and Merengue. In fact I could spot different Salsa moves when people were dancing freestyle. The main differences between Ceroc and Salsa includes things like the tempo is slower and the footwork doesn't seem to be that important.

After a couple minutes of trying to tell my brain that I am in fact not doing Salsa I was able to pick up the basic routine. In fact I had an edge over most of the other beginners because I knew how to dance Salsa. So I was able to lead and make my many partners do what I wanted. With the occasional shimmy thrown in for good measure.

And the shimmies served me well on the dance floor as it impressed the ladies that I dance with during freestyle... Well... it was more likely due to the face that for a 'beginner' (which in the world of dancing I am not) I was able to hold my own and give the ladies a pleasant dance. Still there's nothing wrong with flaunting your chest a bit.

It felt good to be able to dance well, especially when most of the women I danced with are "Mmm, mmm, mighty fine". But I don't want to get ahead of myself here. Just because I can confidently do one Ceroc dance routine doesn't mean I'm the next [insert dance legend here]. I'm going to keep going to Ceroc lessons until I can confidently remember and do at least four routines during freestyle. Otherwise I'm dead in the water. But still, so far so good.

Posted at: 17:05 PM