Something really weird happened yesterday. I was Djing in a milonga and everything seemed to be absolutely fine. I had over 80% of people on the dance floor, people were not dancing to cortinas (Yay!), and I had a few people coming to ask me who was playing the last tanda, always I sign that they are enjoying the music. And then it happened.
As a DJ I always make sure I dance a few tandas. Not because I want to dance (although that counts) but because, as I DJ without pre-made playlists, I need to feel the dancefloor more closely, and nothing better to do that than dance. As I started dancing with my partner, it felt awkward. I wasn't getting the rhythm of Demare's tracks, and I stepped a couple of times on my partner, somthing that rarely happens these days. By the end of the first dance i was asked a "Are you OK?" - something was going wrong, definitely and it was not just me. "You're dancing like you used to do a few years ago!" Oops, that couldn't be good at all! I danced a second track and I couldn't stop notice, my shoulders stiff as hell, my feet picking off the floor, my balance even worse than it is normally... I got scared and went to the safety of the DJing table.
I do now know what happened yesterday but despite all my efforts I my dancing was poor and I left the milonga moody and frustrated. Hopefully it was just yesterday.
Monday, October 20, 2008
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Sometimes our body and soul capture and memorize a feeling in a song. Maybe the music that was playing then was associated by you unconsciously to these earlier times and thus you started dancing the "old" way? Maybe it felt like bad habits seeping back from muscle memory almost? Just a thought...
Oh, KR. I'm so sorry. But trying to find the "why" of times like these is even more frustrating than the thing itself.
It was a transitory moment. That's all. As beings of energy, it can sometimes be blocked or diverted by things of which we are not aware. Let it go, and focus instead on the joy you brought to everyone else that night.
Bah - your nervous system is processing something. Next week you'll find yourself dancing better than before.
Hi Mathieu
Unlikely to have been some kind of somatisation of old vibes. I did go to the dancefloor afterwards to find that I was jixed and couldn't dance...
Hello Johanna
You're definitely right, I think it was more detrimental my worry than my lack of inspiration! ;o)
Dear MsHedgehog
I hope (and think)you're right! I'll test it tonight. Daniel Melingo is coming to the Warwick Arts Centre and I'll try and get as much dancing as possible!
I found that at the first few events I organised my dancing started really badly. All the stresses that had built up in running around getting things set up weighted down on my dancing.
Hi Limericktango!
I doubt that is the case. I have been organising tango events for over 3 years now and this one wasn't anything out of the ordinary...
In fact, I danced a few tracks this evening after a class and I was feeling much better. I think it was just stress, stiffness and bad day at the office...
:oD
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