Breakin' it down

I'm in my fourth week of breakdance classes at PMT Studios.  It's a lot of fun and very physically and mentally demanding, as you can imagine.  The instructor Pavan Thimmaiah (that's him on the left) has a gift for taking even the most daunting of dance moves and making them seem do-able for beginners like myself. 

Surprisingly, much of the difficulty of learning breakin' is mental, getting past the self-doubt and fear of injury and embarassment and just going for it.  And a lot of the movements are counter-intuitive, even for someone with years of experience with other forms of dance like myself. 

Slowly I'm starting to feel more comfortable doing basic top-rocking, floorwork, and freezes.  It's very exciting learning something new!