Originally Posted by
niccig
Oh...I've never danced in my life. Will I be better off with a Y class, and look silly as try to follow along, or get a DVD/will to teach some basics. I'm also thinking the class timing 6.15-7pm isn't going to work all the time for DS and I. We're home late 3 nights a week as it is, this will be a 4th. But maybe for a few weeks we can do it and then I can swap to something on my own/elsewhere?? But then I think a class helps motivate me. Good eg. I'm all dressed to get on eliptical and study for my exam tomorrow and I"m on here talking about exercising!
ETA. I know someone here is a Zumba instructor? Who is that...
I have not danced since I was 5 years old in ballet, and the DVD was all I needed to learn the steps. One of the DVDs has a 1 hr teaching session where they slowly teach you each step. I watched most of that, then after using the other DVDs for a week, I was able to follow them pretty easily. I am too shy and self conscious to learn in a class, especially because the Zumba class I would have taken is the same one several of my dance-team-captain-in-high-school friends take! I figured that the Zumba classes don't teach basics every week for the newcomers, you probably have to pick it up as you go, but I don't know if that's accurate.
I think KBecks is a Zumba instructor?
Allison
DD1 11/05
DS 04/08
DD2 11/11