I can check 1 thing off of my NY bucket list!

I just had one of those moments. You know, the kind where you walk away saying to yourself "I just did that!!" I've been dancing as a hobby for the last couple of years and was once told that I should take this woman Luam's class because I would like it. I looked her up on youtube and watched her videos for about a year. I wasn't even half as good as the people in those classes, but I loved watching their passionate stomp of every "boom" and beat of every "cack". I watched the videos so much that I started learning people's names and noticing them in other videos - Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, etc. To me, they were celebrities.

Fast Forward to a day when Gilt Groupe's Gilt City had a sale where I could get 3 Broadway Dance Center (where Luam teaches in NY) classes at 40% off. I love a deal, so I bought it and didn't think twice about it. Fast forward 6 months later and I still hadn't used it...5 days before it expired. That day was today - a cold, windy and rainy NY day. I tried to go to the advanced beginning class (which I thought was still probably too advanced for me) but to no avail. Full. So, I naively signed up for the intermediate advanced class 5 hours later. For context, the website describes the intermediate advanced class as apropo for pre-professional and professionals with 10+ years experience. Uh, yeah...I've been dancing for 2 years at the gym.

Anyone who knows me knows that I am generally a very confident person. However, this was not my real life lane. These people dance day in and day out; they are professionals! I am somewhere between novice and top 20% of dancers at my alma mater. And uh, this is my alma mater:



Now that you get my point....I'll continue.

They dance to feed themselves. I dance to feed my inner-artist; the girl who should've been a star.People had come from all over the world to take this class. I'd come from a few stops up on the 3 train. I danced in the back (until she made people in the back come to the front) . I went for it. I didn't trip over myself and I did the moves. Not tripping over myself and doing the moves was 200% better than I expected. For once in my life, I had very low expectations. (And I'm OK with that)

When the class was over I grabbed my water and towel and walked straight to the locker room ( with the Rocky theme song playing in my head). Other people hung out in the studio to talk about their practice for their upcoming tour in Japan, disney auditions etc. Some hung back to take pictures with Luam. I walked out...mostly because I was in awe of myself, but also because I'm too G to be a groupie. (jokesies!! kinda) I walked back, interrupted a fan taking a picture and asked Luam "What song was that? Title and artist?" She replied (very kindly) "The Weeknd. Initiation." I said "Thank you" and walked away. (Told you...G.)

1 thing off the NY bucketlist...49 more things to go!! How much time do I have to do it? Who knows?!? YOLO.

For those who don't know who Luam is, here is a reel of her work:
LUAM CHOREOGRAPHY REEL from Luam on Vimeo.
(I saw at least 10 moves we did tonight in that reel. That's kinda cool)

Here is a link to her Youtube page: LuamWorld

Here is one of my FAVORITE Luam dances...mostly because the girl Maria to the left of Luam kills.It.


Here's another one that's pretty hot.


xoxoRo