The sense of novelty has subsided when I showed up for the second session. The practising of the basic moves back home has paid off in the sense that movements with music and partner where nicely in tune and performed in what could approximate a confident manner.
A variation of the initial basic steps was demonstrated by the tutor and, via copying its execution worked reasonably well - the entire evening felt rather enjoyable.
In session three another variation of the basic 4 step move was introduced which when applied in my own moves felt rather ackward. It was near impossible to synchronise the movments with the music which became very frustrating.
The teacher tried to explain what happened but by sheer copying it still did not make sense - I just failed to get back into the rhythm properly.
Until I noticed that one of the four steps has actually disappeared - becoming only a rudimentary (aborted) relic (just like the pelvic bones in a whale). After reflecting on this and making some adjustments everything fell in place - and the moves sychronised with the beat - didn't it feel great.
The outcome of this was that for the first time the learning process moved up a level from pure copying to reflection and problem-solving.
For the first time I realised that there was a fundamental principle in this dance and the accompnying music a discovery which I hope will be applicable to all subsequent moves we're going to learn.
Let's find out whether this holds true.
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