West Coast Swing

Ryan and I signed up to take an 9 hour swing dance lesson on Saturday. The instructors were from California and so we jumped at the opportunity to do something fun in English. West Coast swing is a little different from your typical swing and has a little more hip-hop style to it. One of our teachers at YBM, Hanna, also came with us.

I was surprised when we first got there because the only other students were Korean and they were all real dancers. The teachers, Jordan & Tatiyana, were nice enough. We stuck through the first two hours and picked up some basic skills but then Ryan took off. Hanna and I hung on through until the end. We were getting really good, although a lot of the guys had really sweaty hands and were a little "too" into it.

The lesson ended at 7:30 and then there was free dancing. Hanna and I went to grab some food and when we returned, it felt like we were walking into the scene from "Dirty Dancing" when the main character walks downstairs and sees how all of the workers really dance. Our swing dance classmates were throwing each other around and flipping each other. We tried to show them up but our dance experience includes ballet and club dancing. We finally admitted defeat to the swing, salsa, ballroom dancing experts and took a seat and watched the pros.