Dancing Queen

This piece was contributed by Pournima Surve, Sr. PR executive, Blue Lotus PR. The title of the piece, however, was picked by the Editorial team. And for a very good reason too. Read on and you’ll know why.

Dancing Queen

One usually requires a partner to dance the Salsa, though there are recognised solo steps as well. Certain formations also involve groups of couples. Improvisation and social dancing are important elements of Salsa but it can be a performance dance as well.

When it was announced that Blue Lotus was organising in-house Salsa lessons for its employees, it caused quite a stir. A number of us signed up for these lessons. And I am glad we did. They were thoroughly enjoyable and acted as a great stress buster. In all there were ten sessions, the last being in the month of November.

Come December and the classes had been relegated to the back of our minds. That’s when Tapash announced a Salsa competition, to be judged by our instructor Ms. Farida. Salsa fever was back and how. There was plenty of talk about the competition as everyone went about looking for dance partners.

Six couples had signed up for the competition. It began with a group dance followed by solo performances by each couple. It was up to the couples to select the soundtrack they wanted to dance to. It was an exhilarating experience, something that I’ll remember all my life.

Afterwards it was time to declare the winners. Anuja and Tapash were declared runners-up, and Prathamesh and I, the winners. I won a gift coupon from Titan and a certificate which occupies a place of pride at my work-station.
I wait with bated breath for the next dance competition.