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When I see Balkan or Greek or Russian dancers all dressed up and the orchestra banging it out I don’t think much about how they learned the steps. I don’t think about practice sessions but here I got invited to see what goes on in the dancing class. My niece goes twice a week and so do plenty of women of all ages and a sprinkling of men,

A little skip.. built in

He was a very good teacher. He made them do the steps as he counted before he put on the music. Building muscle memory I guess.

It went on non-stop for an hour and nobody cared if I watched or filmed. I’ll think about this when I see a show with the dancers all dressed up with silver coins dripping off them and headscarves tied a certain way.