proyecto

The living room functions as

dining room

movie theatre

library

art studio

party room

cockroach hangout (mostly in the couch)

gymnasium

laundry drying facility

museum of my red-wine-gone-awry

general storage

and most importantly ---

dance studio.

Silvino and I both dancers, me from Salsa he from Forró, are learning together Samba de Gafieira, a sensual partner dance to the Samba rhythm. Its closest relative is perhaps Argentine Tango.

We spend one night a week watching a couple youtube videos, pausing them at 10 second intervals and arguing about what the dancers are doing with their feet while their hands are doing whaaa? Play it again... No, no, no, I think it's like this...

The medley of carpets on the floor makes for frequent tripping, when we're not stepping on each other's socks or just falling down from awkward beginner's balance. It's probably the most we are ever at odds with each other, but despite the mini squirmishes (new word, i can't believe i'm saying this, but thank you Sarah Palin...) it's my favourite part of the week.

Here is a sampling from youtube...

Video of us in action... coming soon.