Tango & Taiko

Martin and I had a really good practice last Thursday at Starlite. The highlight was dancing to Oblivion. Martin's musicality was really good (which it usually is), and it was awesome dancing together, feeling the surges of the fast-paced steps, intertwined with slow drawn-out sensitive moments. At one point I said "oops" as I messed up and Martin said, "Aww, I was just getting into the zone". Oh well. It was still great, and as well as we dance together he said after practice how amazed he was at me. I'm still having feet/shoe issues, but thankfully at least I can wear my new dance sneakers in class. My custom shoes should arrive sometime next week so I am holding my breath for that! Looking forward to going to Alberto's milonga tonight. It must be a month since I've been there. I hope all the regulars are in attendance so I get to dance with them :)

Taiko was good today, although I'm not looking forward to missing another class next week since my quartet will be gone in Sonoma for the weekend. I just have to set aside some time to practice and memorize the two pieces. Today, I actually participated in most kiai's, which was fun, liberating, and also hard! Definitely lots of things to focus on, including having fun.