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"There are shortcuts to happiness and dancing is one of them" Vicki Baum

Friday 17 May 2013

Let us dance for you

In life it always helps to have a motto or a Disney-packaged life lesson to get you through the week successfully. You know like 'Hakuna Matata' which, in case you've been living under a rock and didn't know, means no worries. 

However, great as it is, Disney can give you a little bit of a toothache, because the films never show you what happens AFTER ever after:



Thus here at Dance Station we've decided it's far safer to be guided by these two insider-coined sayings:

1. Werk Now  - Work Later @MlleGinger
2. Bang Bang Bang LET'S DRESS UP @KatyMillsLondon 

We've chosen these as our guiding principles for life, for the simple reason that when they come together pure MAGIC happens.

This was illustrated once again on Thursday night by the 'Chorus line Waack.' 

Starting with some mad on the floor, floor-ownership skills, feeling the music, feeling the moves and channeling our inner Cassie-passion "We, oh people of Richmond, we are dancers!"  we got into the zone .... deep into the zone (not that we ever really need that much encouragement, let's be honest) and that's it we were off! 

The studio mirrors (so artistically playing the character of 'unidentifiable man of dreams'  that a Tony Award is almost certainly on its way) never knew what was coming for them - faced with all that lycra and all that drama they never stood a chance, I'd almost feel bad if it wasn't so much fun! 

This all building to the Pikachu moment with full on fierceness flying in all directions - and given some of the moves I'm very glad it was only fierceness flying believe me (I'm not sure loss of limb is covered in the insurance policy)! 

Everyone was going full out to convince ..... someone  ..... that they deserved .... something. A time for the word 'werk' to be banded about freely if there ever was one. 

In short it all became simultaneously totes emosh and totes amaze and, just like in a Disney movie, a happy ever after was reached .... with @MlleGinger and @KleioBows showing us how it's done (see in the video below). 

The concern is, of course, that when we leave the studio we forget to leave the zone that we enter whilst in it ... call it method waacking if you will. This can be potentially problematic out in the real (and very much more boring world) where I, for example, am constantly told in appraisals at work to be more assertive and immediately want to respond by entering all meetings in full on floor ownership mode.

This wouldn't have been such a problem last week but now it includes actually hitting the floor, something which is very hard to do in a pencil skirt and heels. 

At least it is for those of us with only elementary level skills in floor ownership, like myself. For experts like @MlleGinger and co. it would be a piece of cake I'm sure. Therefore, the solution to the problem must be to up my skill level. How to do this I wonder .................



........ no idea, I'll just have to keep thinking I guess (or get the name of a good doctor ;D ). 

Ah ha! I've got it: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT so come on Ginge, when's the next one?!!?!?!?!?!?! 

Until it occurs, enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WiFh93Fiys