Laura Mak & Louis Van Amstel – Dancing
May 10, 2010
Last week was such a blast for me! On Thursday I took a dance class with Louis Van Amstel from “Dancing With the Stars”. This is his sixth season on DWTS, and has partnered with Trista Sutter, Lisa Rinna, Monique Coleman, and Priscilla Presley third placing Kelly Osbourne.
Louis taught us a variety of dances such as salsa, cha cha, rumba and jive. He even through in a little weight training for the arms while the hips were still shaking side to side.
It was such a fun and inspiring workout, and that has a lot being said from someone who teaches a lot of workouts herself! He had fresh fun moves, but taught the basics and encouraged us to “feel the movement and get out of our head”. Let the body just move intuitively with a shimmey on the upper body and a shake on the lower body.
I think my favorite part about Louis, was he was pleasant to everyone after class. He took time to talk with people, didn’t make their moment feel rushed, and was friendly and kind to each person who wanted to chat afterward. Not all talented people are necessarily smart in their interactions, but he was awesome!
Thanks for a great class Louis!! YES – we will be voting for you and Niecy tonight! 
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