Like riding a bike…

Last Monday, I taught a belly dance workshop at the Manchester library with the help of my dance sisters Kathleen, Emily, Callie, Trish, and Maria.

We didn’t have as many participants as we would have liked, but the ones we did had a lot of fun, and so did we.

One of our dance sisters, Jackie, had to stop dancing when her job transferred her to Manchester where she lives

She saw on Facebook that we would be at the library, and I commented that she should come, not thinking she would.

I loved dancing with Jackie. She was a student who took 6 months to find the one in a song. She was so excited when she was able to do it.

She was a very good dancer and her and I had a special bond. She was one of the first people I met when we moved to Vermont in 1989.

Jackie and I worked together in Manchester at the Polo Ralph Lauren store.

While I was teaching, I saw the front door to the library open out of my peripheral vision. It was Jackie! I screamed and ran to her.

Jackie could jump in and hadn’t lost any of her dance skills since she left before COVID.

Jackie was a fun dance sister and was like a mother hen with newer dancers. She fell right back into that role at the workshop.

For that hour, it was like she had never left. When the workshop was over, which was super fun and went well, I pulled Jackie aside and said, “Follow me.”

I threw a combo she and I used to do, ending with calibrated spins, four spins spinning in sync.

I had no doubt she could do it and she did. Here’s a short video clip of us.

I love teaching workshops and hope we will have other opportunities for more.

I have my fingers crossed we will be invited to dance somewhere as well. Performing is my favorite hobby, especially now that I can dance like I do again.

Thank you to the Manchester Library for asking us to do a workshop. We enjoyed ourselves.

Jackie proved that improv belly dancing is just like riding a bicycle. 🚲♥️