Your dancer partner is a palm, the music is Mozart

Eye contact with a stranger
The first five seconds were cruel "he's staring at me? Do I look silly? Do I look fat?" questions are more than likely to hurtle through your mind. But once the awkwardness passed, I found myself connecting with a stranger. And just when I was patting myself on the back, it got worse. Meera instructed us to pair up again, this time one person was the leader, the other, a follower. The follower would have to keep eye contact with the leader's palm, which would move as he danced. I found myself cleaning the floor with my dress, reaching high on my toes and running around in circles all so that I could keep up with a palm!

Ballet, that's not ballet, makes you sweat
It had been just 50 minutes, and I was alreadyu00a0 panting and working up quite a sweat, a feat I didn't think possible as I danced ballet style (or what I though was ballet) to Australian singer Enya's music. The last 10 minutes were about free movement, dancing on your own, making up the steps as you went along, smiling at the stranger next to you, and caring a fig about how you looked. Perhaps that's where Meera's class scores. It puts a pep in your step, and helps you shed inhibition as easily as casting aside an yesterday garment. Meera Mittal's Movement classes are held at Mint Health and Fitness, 202, Everest Classic, above Esprit showroom, Linking Road, Khar (W), every Sunday, at 5 pm. Call on 9819847794. Fees: Rs 3,000 for two months.

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