Another workshop of Adi Akiva. A continue of tangos. A new dance, some of the girls are new, a different studio, same teacher and palo. This time it meant to be at Florentin (a quarter in south Tel Aviv. Studio Pasito is there). It changed because too many girls signed to it and the studio was too small to let all get in there. She changed to another studio at Tel Aviv. I've never been at this studio before. I won't mention the name of dancers who own it. I don't like their style (if it's possible to call it "their style"). I heard some different comments about them - some great comments from their students, but some horrible things from people who won't dare to get near them. Those who dislike them said some things about them which are more extreme from my bad opinion. Still - I have never had any personal drama with them.
I came after too short and too bad sleeping at night, too crazy morning and no time to take a real rest before I came. I wasn't sure how to get there and didn't get a ride, so I took a taxi. I came something like 20 minutes before class meant to start. Didn't see anyone and didn't hear flamenco from anywhere. few doors, none was open. I called Adi. She said that she's on the way. When she came she made a try to open one of the doors. Those dancers left her a key in a close pub, but she never been there. The door didn't open. She went again to the pub to tell them that the key doesn't fit. I was waiting there. She came back after a while. Still no one else came. She made another try at the same door. This time three different keys and no one fit. She said that she called those dancers something like 80 times and they didn't answer. By the way - did I see Idit? Not today... I asked her if she's sure we're trying the correct door. We made a round there, got there to a path in another side of building. Got down few stairs. A door of bars. Adi opened it. When we got down some more stairs for next door (which opened the studio itself) - Idit and two or three more girls came. Bit by bit came some more girls. From the first who came - three of us came also last week - me, Idit and the girl who doesn't try to make any contact. Later on came some more, most I know in some kind of knowing. Some I needed a moment to remember where did I see them before. One of them is a pro dancer. She mostly teach and design flamenco cloths. No, isn't my former teacher, still I rather NOT to mention her name. I don't know how does she teach, I do like most of her cloths, but I did notice this time how horrible she was at class. I don't want to ruin her name this way. One girl who I know through former workshops of Adi. Now all of us accept Adi found out that she took a birth. This girl said that she didn't dance since last workshop for she won't dance at pregnancy. Now it was her coming back. And she so thin! One more girl who I knew from Neta's studio, but now I mostly see her at Adi's workshops. I didn't see her last week. Found out that she got back from Spain only at the day before.
Please don't mark at me that I remind all those thing about the girls. Accept the pleasure from flamenco itself - those things became a social thing for me as well a long time ago. Ilan got used to it that I start with telling about who came and only after how was it. Recently after one of last workshops I took he asked me if I received anything from it accept the social thing. Last week he just asked me who came. So - I receive a lot at those workshops, the social thing is one part of it. Also I learn and practice some more flamenco, my dancing is getting better and my knowledge is getting bigger.
OK, start the class. Now I noticed the floor. Horrible which doesn't fit flamenco. At least NOT curved, but it's like the floor of of sport' rooms. And with metal lines. By the way Idit told the girl I know through Neta's studio that surprise, the tangos which was two weeks ago was the hardest between all the workshops Adi gave so far. Stretching. After that - warming the body for moving it from the center. Adi told again what's gonna happen at the legs' warming. She said that those who already came before to her workshop have enough of hearing it, but there are also some new ones. And warming. The dancer who teach and I won't remind her name looked confuse in few points I looked to her area. Not all time she made to do what all did. After that she said it's horrible to see the mistakes at the mirror, mostly at her age (something like 40 years old).
We worked a bit on base of circles by the request of Idit. Last time we didn't do it and I forgot about it. And we moved to make some difficult circles. It's a kind called "tacon circles". First time I made it was at a workshop of Adi. I made it since in some other place as well, but most of work was at her workshops. It's the hardest kind for me. I still don't do it perfect, but I'm getting better and it become easier for me. When I noticed the dancer - she made it even worse than me. Few times she even stopped to look. Oh my... And she complains about one of her students?
We started the new dance. One more difficult dance. Adi was teaching us slowly for it will be clear. Still we needed to stop few times cause it wasn't clear enough to the dancer who came to learn. She didn't understand (and said it herself) too many things. My body started to feel some pains, mostly at the legs. Too tired, too much work, horrible floor... I didn't stop dancing.
Adi gave us some extra time. We were talking too much before class. And we learned few more steps although all of us became tired. The dancer sat down on the floor last time we were dancing all. And we can make some videos. We'll do it in two groups. Whoever wants can take a video, whoever wants will dance, we don't have to dance again if we're too tired, but she won't dance alone. I took a video. At the second time I called my dad for he will come to pick me up. Before all went away - Adi asked if we would like another day or to change the last day. We;ll do the last day almost as we've been told, only a bit earlier. After that we'll talk again if we want another day.
My dad came with one of my sisters to pick me. I felt my body in in too many pieces
I came after too short and too bad sleeping at night, too crazy morning and no time to take a real rest before I came. I wasn't sure how to get there and didn't get a ride, so I took a taxi. I came something like 20 minutes before class meant to start. Didn't see anyone and didn't hear flamenco from anywhere. few doors, none was open. I called Adi. She said that she's on the way. When she came she made a try to open one of the doors. Those dancers left her a key in a close pub, but she never been there. The door didn't open. She went again to the pub to tell them that the key doesn't fit. I was waiting there. She came back after a while. Still no one else came. She made another try at the same door. This time three different keys and no one fit. She said that she called those dancers something like 80 times and they didn't answer. By the way - did I see Idit? Not today... I asked her if she's sure we're trying the correct door. We made a round there, got there to a path in another side of building. Got down few stairs. A door of bars. Adi opened it. When we got down some more stairs for next door (which opened the studio itself) - Idit and two or three more girls came. Bit by bit came some more girls. From the first who came - three of us came also last week - me, Idit and the girl who doesn't try to make any contact. Later on came some more, most I know in some kind of knowing. Some I needed a moment to remember where did I see them before. One of them is a pro dancer. She mostly teach and design flamenco cloths. No, isn't my former teacher, still I rather NOT to mention her name. I don't know how does she teach, I do like most of her cloths, but I did notice this time how horrible she was at class. I don't want to ruin her name this way. One girl who I know through former workshops of Adi. Now all of us accept Adi found out that she took a birth. This girl said that she didn't dance since last workshop for she won't dance at pregnancy. Now it was her coming back. And she so thin! One more girl who I knew from Neta's studio, but now I mostly see her at Adi's workshops. I didn't see her last week. Found out that she got back from Spain only at the day before.
Please don't mark at me that I remind all those thing about the girls. Accept the pleasure from flamenco itself - those things became a social thing for me as well a long time ago. Ilan got used to it that I start with telling about who came and only after how was it. Recently after one of last workshops I took he asked me if I received anything from it accept the social thing. Last week he just asked me who came. So - I receive a lot at those workshops, the social thing is one part of it. Also I learn and practice some more flamenco, my dancing is getting better and my knowledge is getting bigger.
OK, start the class. Now I noticed the floor. Horrible which doesn't fit flamenco. At least NOT curved, but it's like the floor of of sport' rooms. And with metal lines. By the way Idit told the girl I know through Neta's studio that surprise, the tangos which was two weeks ago was the hardest between all the workshops Adi gave so far. Stretching. After that - warming the body for moving it from the center. Adi told again what's gonna happen at the legs' warming. She said that those who already came before to her workshop have enough of hearing it, but there are also some new ones. And warming. The dancer who teach and I won't remind her name looked confuse in few points I looked to her area. Not all time she made to do what all did. After that she said it's horrible to see the mistakes at the mirror, mostly at her age (something like 40 years old).
We worked a bit on base of circles by the request of Idit. Last time we didn't do it and I forgot about it. And we moved to make some difficult circles. It's a kind called "tacon circles". First time I made it was at a workshop of Adi. I made it since in some other place as well, but most of work was at her workshops. It's the hardest kind for me. I still don't do it perfect, but I'm getting better and it become easier for me. When I noticed the dancer - she made it even worse than me. Few times she even stopped to look. Oh my... And she complains about one of her students?
We started the new dance. One more difficult dance. Adi was teaching us slowly for it will be clear. Still we needed to stop few times cause it wasn't clear enough to the dancer who came to learn. She didn't understand (and said it herself) too many things. My body started to feel some pains, mostly at the legs. Too tired, too much work, horrible floor... I didn't stop dancing.
Adi gave us some extra time. We were talking too much before class. And we learned few more steps although all of us became tired. The dancer sat down on the floor last time we were dancing all. And we can make some videos. We'll do it in two groups. Whoever wants can take a video, whoever wants will dance, we don't have to dance again if we're too tired, but she won't dance alone. I took a video. At the second time I called my dad for he will come to pick me up. Before all went away - Adi asked if we would like another day or to change the last day. We;ll do the last day almost as we've been told, only a bit earlier. After that we'll talk again if we want another day.
My dad came with one of my sisters to pick me. I felt my body in in too many pieces
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