When I think of dance I think of being loose and relaxed, moving in natural ways which make me feel one with the music. Bharathanatyam is a special kind of Indian classical dance which I decided early on was "just not dance". The most important thing in this dance is being able to half-sit the entire time, pointing your knees as far out as possible and stamping around. You have to hold your body as stiff as possible and keep a perfect posture. Not exactly dancing to Reggae. However, after a month of trying it out and thinking of it as more of a workout than a dance, I have decided that it is really pretty cool. Although a completely different form of dancing than I have ever even considered, I have really warmed up to it (which is the job of being an exchange student). After watching some of the graduated girls do it, it looks much more like dancing than I ever thought, and makes me want to keep going. Unfortunately, I only have another week in the South before my big month and a half in the North of India, and it takes at least seven years to learn the entire dance.
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