Have I told you guys how much I love my hip hop class? Went to the second one last night and it was even more awesome than the first. My teacher, who I shall name Ms. Represent in this herr blog, was totally on fire. She made the class go over the routine she taught us last week, but she watched us like a hawk and made us perform it over and over and over again while correcting our placement, our form, and our moves. She was an exacting taskmaster last night, alternately cajoling, insulting, persuading and motivating. She is to date the most demanding instructor I’ve ever had and I love it. I didn’t go to this class to be coddled. I want to be challenged and I want to be taught the right things to do. She delivers on this and more.
Two things Ms. Represent told us: our performance will be on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, and it will be incorporating (gasp!) some breakdance moves. Suffice it to say I was the only one who gave a delighted squeal. Everyone else had a kind of deer-in-headlights look. She told us to start building up some upper-body strength by doing push-ups and planks everyday. I’m going to do her one better and actually start a pretty intense upper-body lifting routine twice a week, and doing regular push-ups everyday at home. This could be really, really good, or it could be a disaster. Stay tuned.
I left last night’s class drenched in sweat and utterly exhausted, but totally psyched for next week. Evidently we have an intro number with the two other hip hop classes which is what we’ve been dancing the last couple of weeks (to Li’l Mama’s Shawty Get Loose,) plus my class will have its own routine separate from the other classes. Can’t wait to learn the rest of it.
