dolphin-dancing

Iorgos was at his best last night at Barefoot Boogie in Berkeley

.  The floor was alive with several new people plus the ‘usual suspects’ I see at Soul Sanctuary and Ecstatic Dance in Oakland.   I had two great dances with a couple of new to Barefoot Boogie people who also danced at Ecstatic Dance East Bay in Oakland.  My own dance background goes all the way back to Dance Free in Boston

Sunday night dancing is the best.  I used to do daytime dancing at Ecstatic Dance East Bay in Oakland on Sundays and I find night time dancing to be more to my liking.  There is something special about dancing after the sun goes down. Of course, I have to give up my Sunday night TV to get my dance exercise in for the week, but being in tune with my physical self rates higher than holding my remote control keeping current with my weekly watching.  ‘Tis a small sacrifice to be at my physical peak as I head into the new week. There is no better way to start the week.

There are several differences with dancing here at this non-alcohol dance evening.  Barefoot Boogie is not a club, it is much more of a free-style dance space to move freely through the air, stretch to rhythm, and swirl around the floor with pother skilled dancers.  Everyone seems comfortable with everyone else.  The space is perfect to hold thirty to forty people and its subdued lighting makes it easy to dance like nobody’s watching, which is actually Barefoot Boogie’s tag line.