Spent Saturday's afternoon practicing historical dance in preparation for this year's LARP con. One of the other con-attendees had organized the whole thing with a little help (rented a fencing hall, brought tea and sandwiches, put together a training program), and so the three of us piled into my car and drove south for 1 1/2 hours.

There were twelve of us, and we spent 4 hours (re-)learning the steps of the
- Tourdion
- Schirazula
- Allemande
- Traubentritt
- Indian Queen
- Pavane "Belle qui tiens ma vie"
- En avant blonde
- Chapelloise.

... I think. Honestly, I still mix them up hopelessly - especially the step sequences. Somehow there is a disconnect between my brain and my feet. Dancing and me? Hardly ever manage to work together.

Still, historical dance is better than modern dance. Perhaps because arriving at the correct place in the dance pattern is more important than to doing exactly the night number of steps (= admittedly the goal, but as long as you glide elegantly you can cover missteps without looking like a total doofus).

Anyway, the whole thing was fun, although very exhausting. We practiced mainly in casual dress (jeans all around), but in period costumes I'm sure it'll look breathtaking.

No why am I far too certain that I'll have managed to forget most of what I learned until the con? *g*