As Reyna put it, I need to get over my shimmy hump. I don't know what it is, but I just cannot loosen up enough to really shimmy smoothly while doing other steps - at least, not without everything else going, too. And I have good isolation in other aspects of my dancing, so what gives?
I could take a cue from the fantastic flamenca I saw tonight, Carmen Salao. Dancing for over 40 
years, and she looks terrific and can MOVE so fast ... I guess it's true that dancing keeps you young. Unlike my last trip to La Nacional, this time the early show was almost empty, so we had seats right up front. I didn't know where to look - her feet or her face, because she had a really playful, flirtatious style - not the smoldering, intense look of most flamencas. She's considered one of the jewels of the old style, and I can see why. She sang, played castanets, and danced (sometimes all at the same time), and I have to say, I've never seen anyone play castanets like that - all over her body, the floor - amazing. Well, I'm inspired. And if I could get my hips to move half as fast as her feet, I might just make it over this shimmy hump.
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