Learning grace at 24

Tap tap tap tap ... If I don't tap my heels very loudly, no one in my flamenco class will notice that I am entirely out of rythm. Yes, I thought 24 was a good age to learn to be graceful. I bravely wore a 2'' heel for about 5 out of 10 flamenco classes. I tripped only twice. I never fell. There is good reason to feel pride. But did I learn grace? This is an important question that the author prefers to leave to future work.

What I did learn is how to play drums with my feet. I got a chance to tap my heels in and out of rythm for 1.5 hours every week. You try this at home and see what happens. I didn't. I prefer to say "Beluuuuuugah! Beluuuuuuugah! Ppppffffffbbbbttttt! Ppppffffffffbbbbttttt!" as many times in a row as necessary to either get sick of it or get kicked out, whichever comes first. Feel free to take guesses.

Well, besides the tapping, I have also acquired a pair of shoes which fit wonderfully compared to other shoes I've tried. They are classy and have a thin strap with LOTS of holes. I don't know why it didn't occur to me to look for shoes in dance stores until now.

I hoped that by the end of the class I could look and perform something like this




Perhaps, if I stick to it, one day there will be such a picture of me posted.