Limes with Orange

I've been toying with signing up for another dance class this fall. I've danced on and off for most of my life… some tap and ballet as a kid, and a bit of contemporary when I was in university, but my big love has always been jazz. I've taken several different classes at Decidedly Jazz Danceworks here in Calgary, including a hip hop class that was lots of fun but ended up with me having to resign from it after injuring my ankle. And, unfortunately for me, joint injuries are particularly difficult to heal from with my health problems… so no more intense dance styles, I guess. Which sucks because I've been watching "So You Think You Can Dance" which inspires me to try my hand at all sorts of cool styles.

I'm thinking of maybe taking DJD's Funk/Stretch class which combines 45 minutes of grooving and 15 minutes of stretching to improve joint mobility and reduce stress. Hopefully my body can handle Funk under those circumstances. Or, of course, I never get tired of Jazz, so I might just stick with that old standby.

The question now is what to wear. Don't laugh, that's only partially as vain as it sounds . I find that I dance better if I like what I see in the mirror. And I like what I see in the mirror better if I'm wearing something that I like. I tend to like funky dance leotards and some jazz or yoga pants (yep, even when I'm doing Funk or Hip Hop… I just wear different shoes then). So my ideal outfit would be this lovely little Mirella Halter leotard and this Body Wrapper low rise V front pant… yeah, I think I'd like what I see in the mirror then and it would inspire me to dance just that little bit better.

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