I had been to
dances when I was a student in the UK, ages ago, but I had been a determined
wallflower. I was too self-conscious to go down on the dance floor.
Furthermore, girls frightened me as I had developed a streak of puritanical
frigidity due to my very strict religious upbringing. Thus I was no dancing
king when I was in the UK.
After I got married, I eventually found that I had married a dancing queen when ballroom dancing re-surfaced as a craze. My wife had dancing fever oozing from her every pore - she was a fantastic dancer. I was just an incompatible partner to her on the dance floor. I stopped going to dances with her as I did not want to spoil her enjoyment. Neither did I want to be a wallflower while she danced the nights away.
However, I wanted to surprise my wife by being able to dance well one day and so without her knowledge, I bought a pair of dancing shoes and took private dancing lessons from a lady dance instructor. The dance coach would teach me alone before her lessons to a group of learners.
After I got married, I eventually found that I had married a dancing queen when ballroom dancing re-surfaced as a craze. My wife had dancing fever oozing from her every pore - she was a fantastic dancer. I was just an incompatible partner to her on the dance floor. I stopped going to dances with her as I did not want to spoil her enjoyment. Neither did I want to be a wallflower while she danced the nights away.
However, I wanted to surprise my wife by being able to dance well one day and so without her knowledge, I bought a pair of dancing shoes and took private dancing lessons from a lady dance instructor. The dance coach would teach me alone before her lessons to a group of learners.
I soon found that I
could not follow the dance movements. I felt like I had crampons on my feet and
was quite flat-footed. My sense of co-ordination was out, too. I was totally loss on the dance floor.
I gave up the idea of being able to dance when I realized that I did not have the poetry in motion in me to dance. Neither, did I enjoy it. I decided to spend my time by indulging more in writing. I would allow my writings albeit rather simple to do all the dancing.
ltbs
Dancing is the body made poetic.
Ernst Bacon
Dedicated in gratitude and friendship to June Toh for being very patient in giving me the free dance lessons.
I gave up the idea of being able to dance when I realized that I did not have the poetry in motion in me to dance. Neither, did I enjoy it. I decided to spend my time by indulging more in writing. I would allow my writings albeit rather simple to do all the dancing.
ltbs
Dancing is the body made poetic.
Ernst Bacon
Dedicated in gratitude and friendship to June Toh for being very patient in giving me the free dance lessons.
