Hi!  Do you ever do any social dancing?  I actually do swing, specifically the Lindy Hop.
That sounds fun!  I never dance though, I have two left feet.
I'm pretty clumsy myself!  I started dancing just because a friend pushed me to.  There a lots of local dance communities around that will teach you step by step.
I'll have to look into it!  I wonder if dancing helps improve balance?
In its development, the Lindy hop combined elements of both partnered and solo dancing by using the movements and improvisation of African-American dances along with the formal eight-count structure of European partner dances – most clearly illustrated in the Lindy's basic step, the swingout. In this step's open position, each dancer is generally connected hand-to-hand; in its closed position, leads and follows are connected as though in an embrace on one side and holding hands on the other.
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"I started dancing around 15 years old, actually, pretty late. Instantly fell in love with hip hop dance and popping, mostly just 'cause it seemed like almost unreal what some of the people could do. It seemed almost unnatural, and I really kind of enjoyed the creativity that was in the art form, so, I jumped into that, and I've just been trying to progress and get better ever since then. For me there wasn't necessarily a performance that stood out as my first performance, 'cause