Week 8/9

It's hard to believe that it's week 9. I'm almost sad to know that The quarter will soon end, and my allotted time to Tango will be gone. Because I work, it is likely that I will be unable to attend Tango club, which has made me appreciate my time in the class. With the performance coming up, I will be doing the first dance, the tango, milonguera, and the last dance.

After practicing the milonguera, I have grown to like it. I like the pace of the music, the beat, and the musicality of the songs. It is much like salsa, in my opinion, and is likely why I like the dance so much.

I do have to say, however, that choreography isn't my cup of tea. Although it does feel good to get a choreograph memorized, and done, I've still never been fond of choreography. When I dance, I dance for the moment; to express how I feel. When doing choreography, however, the feelings one needs to have are often premeditated and one's feelings are often located in some other era of time. Of course, however, when you do a choreographed dance, however, often times those feelings resurface and become present. It really is a hit or miss for me.

As far as my paper goes, I have had most of it done, but it's also in it's early rough draft stages. I'm finding that there is a lot of organization, and unstructured sentences. In revisions, this can be fixed, though. What I'm most worried about is the research aspect of it. Because my topic is on Buddhism and Tango, and because this topic is seldom written about, I'm having to write about my own experiences.Though, as Ann has stated, this is Ok, I've never done a scholarly paper like this. I'm  nervous about how it will turn out, but the best papers are often those that you take risks with.

Can't wait to keep learning.