tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post7207110435499752858..comments2023-10-20T15:06:46.493+01:00Comments on A Changing Life: DancingA.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-21603641767844183692007-06-16T16:02:00.000+01:002007-06-16T16:02:00.000+01:00I grew up in an Irish American community where dan...I grew up in an Irish American community where dancing was a big part of our social lives, both the formal dancing popularized by Michael Flatley, and the kind of dances which were the forerunners of American square dancing. I enjoyed it tremendously, even though I was told, as you both were, that I had no ability (by my mother, in my case) because, luckily, skill was not a requirement, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-25895696856538620152007-06-16T12:28:00.000+01:002007-06-16T12:28:00.000+01:00Instead of "lacking in rhythm" I was told "you can...Instead of "lacking in rhythm" I was told "you can't dance" by a 12 or 13 year old boy. That comment made me extremely self conscious and inhibited my ability to dance. When I got older I tried to be able to move my body naturally once I begin to think about it, I get spastic.<BR/><BR/>Great pictures.Hathorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12657524404057819428noreply@blogger.com