By the 5th lesson it was all coming together. Feet, hips, arms. There were even moments when I thought not only was dancing the samba heaps of fun, but that it was actually starting to look good!
T, referring to the music – ‘So is this the type of music they play at carnival in Rio?’
Belu and Matias, another dance instructor at Bailer, laugh at me, then positioned themselves to do a demonstration… An amazing demonstration with leg action faster than I could count!
The music for carnival was about a hundred times faster than the songs I had been practicing to.
T, lets out a long – ‘… shiiiiiiiiiit!’
Martias, laughs – ‘I felt that come straight from your heart! Yes, for every 1 2 3 that you do, Belu just did 4 or 5.’
Belu – ‘And the girls in Rio do it in high heels! That’s why when you see them dance they have big muscles in their legs, and big butts.’
With this confirmation that I was far from being Rio samba ready, I booked another week of private samba classes.
Tiara in Transit 
Feb 14, 2011 @ 04:16:36
Looks like fairly high impact exercise.. Not that I’m complaining!