Today we had our first introduction to Indian dancing. One of the other students was our guru for the day, which just goes to show the knowledge that we as students can learn from each other. The dance steps we learned today were pretty difficult, especially for me who has little if any rhythm. It was nice because she took it really slow and urged us to keep repeating the steps so that we could perfect them through practice. We mostly focused on the footsteps and keeping with the beat. I can only imagine how much more difficult its going to be when we add the hands. The leg bending and holding up the arms really hurts my muscles, but in the words of the US Army "Pain is weakness leaving the body." The lecture we had today also taught me a lot about the importance of an Indonesian person's name. Birth order and Caste rank are very important to assigning a child a name. My name would I guess be Ni Made Amanda Anderson. I like adding the cultural lessons to the class because it gives us a bit of insight into the why dance steps are the way they are and how the people who make up the dance live their lives.
P.S. I can already feel my posture improving. ;)
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