Music and Dance – Lyrics and Swing
Jun 2 2012
I saw Les Miserables for the second time in my life earlier this week. It was good. I saw it in London in my 20’s for the first time and that was great! I love musicals for many reasons including the fact that they aren’t operas or ballets. I fell in love with the actor’s voice who played the part of Jean Valjean in London. I would have followed him anywhere after he sang Bring Him Home. The thing about good music and lyrics are their ability to touch your heart and soul and elicit emotions that are sometimes deeply buried. We are feeling beings and in our world, we often forget that and hide our true natures behind a facade of “having it all together” or “playing the part.” Music is one of the safest ways to express our humanity and the vagaries of our hearts.
I also went swing dancing for the first time this week. Every Thursday evening at the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs Headquarters (a.k.a. The Mansion), they have a class that starts around 8:15 to teach beginners how to swing or do the Lindy hop . I enjoyed it! It was non stop dancing/learning and not too many toes were stepped on. Young and older folks were there. We made a big circle and switched partners every few minutes and one time I ended up across a 14 year old boy who seemed mature & remarkably not embarrassed for his age. Some girl will be lucky that he learned how to dance at such a young age!
Author: Aruni | Filed under: FYI, music, random stuff | Tags: dance, dancing, les miserables, lindy hop, swing dancing, texas federation of women's club, the mansion | Comments Off on Music and Dance – Lyrics and Swing
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