Salsa is here!! :)

Finally it’s here…after having wanted for such a long time, I finally get the chance to learn Salsa…thanks to SWSF for their initiative…and special thanks to Ajay Pinjani, our instructor J ..when I first heard of it, was so excited to just start with the first class..went there and found this huge crowd of students, all eager to explore this new option in TISS, something different from the regular activities; talks, lectures, seminars, movie screenings and hell lot of work…it seemed everybody was looking forward to some refreshment, and to meeting new people…at least I was..but I was wondering how this many people, some 85, would fit in that room (the Yoga Room in the Gymkhana)..surprisingly, we did…I had reached a little late..so missed some steps..but picked up in a while..oh!!!can’t say how good it was to move to the count..not that I had never danced before but learning it was a whole new experience…1,2,3…5,6,7…it went on and on…learned some steps and went on with the count till we were perfect at it… I was placed right in front of this huge mirror…just felt good…looking at myself…felt like I was dancing to myself J..although my eyes were drifting here n there and it was fun to see other people move on the mirror…no matter how we were moving…everybody seemed to enjoy it and that is what I feel is most important…didn’t even realize when an hour passed..I remember how much I wanted to continue dancing…continue going 1,2,3…5,6,7…I remember stepping out of the Gymkhana with this big, broad smile on my face…J

In the next class, we first repeated the old steps and then Ajay taught us something new…the turn, which looked really difficult…but believe me, with a good instructor like “Ajay” and good learners like “Us”, everything is possible.. J yes..we did it!!! we learned that too…and I completely enjoyed looking at myself on the mirror again and dancing to myself with grace and confidence…hahaha…even if I didn’t, it felt like I did…probably this whole “Salsa” mood does this to you… J after practicing for a while, we were told to pair up with anybody…a girl, a guy..anybody…it was really funny how all of us were trying to find someone…and I decided that I wouldn’t pair up with my friend Preeta J so found Mayuresh, this guy from Habitat Policy..when Ajay was explaining to us on how we were supposed to move our hands in the direction the man in the pair moves his feet, to direct the woman…everyone went like “whyyy???”…seriously TISSians can start on feminism anywhere and everywhere J it was really good dancing with him...I realized the way a man holds a woman when they are dancing reflects a lot about his personality…just a perception…haven’t really danced on any dance form before, so this comes from just how it felt…it was just comfortable dancing…and I believe that is one of the most important things when you are learning anything...well, this has been my experience so far in the classes…looking forward to more of 1,2,3..5,6,7…movements, jiving…all of this J J J