Ladies Styling

I am traveling to Barcelona, Katowice Poland and Madrid in less than two months, yay!!  There is a massive bachata festival in Katowice and I am meeting up with friends from the dance community to dance my legs off!  I have a friend who will be in Barcelona and another who will be in Madrid, so I am super excited to explore the dance scenes there in addition to the festival.

I took two dance lessons this past week... one is a ladies styling class and the other was a bachata level two partner class.  Ladies styling is such a challenge for me!  I feel SO awkward!  As someone who doesn't like to have extra attention, I really shy away from it!  I know this is silly because styling elevates the dance and it is the biggest difference between the dance telling a beautiful story vs just taking steps and completing moves.  So why do I feel so darn awkward doing it???  

I have to continually remind myself on this dance journey to not get too self-judgy and be patient with the learning process.  I moved into a new apartment about a month ago and have my living room set up with mirrors for the sole purpose of practicing styling and dancing.  I am thinking with enough practice, I will eventually stop feeling like a fish out of water =)

Viva la Bachata, Malaga Spain 2023