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Tailzerr 
WHEREINTHEWORLDWASKIMBER?
Emotional support, he needed it. Chad was totally crying inside.
"Okay, I guess we will get started. Uhm...well, bonjour and welcome to the first dance lesson of the year. For those of who do not know me, I am Mr. Chad Stryker. I am the school groundskeeper," and not a dance teacher," and I am being forced to teach this dance class, no thanks to a certain third year Slytherin female who told Lord Borr in her assignment last term that I sucked at dancing." He was rambling.
"Now, before we go any further, does anybody here have any dance experience? If so, what type of dance do you do?" He was totally going to exploit those students to teach the rest of the class because he knew NOTHING.
Orchid raised her hand hesitantly at Mr. Stryker's question. "I have some dancing experience sir. Nothing professional or trained, but back in New York when I visit my dad, I get together with a bunch of friends that are a crew and we dance at competitions and everything. It's a mix of different dances really, Popping, Locking, Hip Hop, Jazz, Freestyle, a little bit of Contemporary, even some Finger Tutting, Stepping, Break Dancing, Capoeira, and Parkour." She blushed realizing how extensive the list was.
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Tailzerr Hmmm, so some had experience and many didn't. This was definitely going to be an experience.
"Hmm, okay. Well, then, for those of you that do dance, including those that randomly dance in your house," he grinned, "Why do you dance? What is it about dance that appeals to you?" He leaned back a bit. "And, for those of you that do not dance. What do you think dance is about?"
"It's as easy as breathing. It's like when you hear the music, it goes into your ears and through your whole body; every step you take changes every move you'll make after that. It's a cycle, and no matter where you go, there's always a beat, always a rhythm. If you listen close enough, you can hear your heart making the beat, each breathe you take sets the pace, and each step you take makes the movement." Orchid said with that look of pure awe in her eyes. "Before you know it - you're dancing." She said with a smile.
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VelociraptorPatronus Lauren beamed broadly in response to Orchid's question, but couldn't really elaborate as the teacher had started talking.
Umm, experience. The Professor, or groundkeeper, had asked about their experience. "I've danced a bit around the world in different cultures, salsa, ballroom, tribal and then just dancing in clubs... umm, not clubs, discos, suitable for my age," she babbled.
"And I like dance, I guess, because it's profoundly liberating."
Orchid smiled when she heard that her friend danced as well.
Tribal? I'm gonna have to learn that one from her. She thought.
Spoken like someone that dances from the soul. She smiled at her friend.
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Tailzerr Chad started to wander about the room, nudging students (and the occasional prof) here and there to make sure that they were still paying attention and awake. He gave a harder nudge to Treyen Lockhart. Talking during class? Tsk tsk.
"The last remaining dances are the salsa and the sloooow foxtrot. Now, who can tell me about the waltz? A little background info, yeah?"
"The Waltz is the oldest ballroom dance there is Mr. Stryker." Orchid stated. "Many people thought it was absurd when it first started because the man had to touch the lady's waist, which back then, of course, was unheard of." She smirked at how different things were back then compared to some of the things people so willingly do now. "It became more popular when a couple made a faster version of it entitled 'The Viennese Waltz'." That was pretty much all she knew on the topic, but she thought she did fairly well, seen as it was totally out of her genre.