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"Dancing is a vertical interpretation of a horizontal intention." Fred Astaire, you saucy chappie! Those are some truly inspirational words from the greatest ballroom dancer the world has ever known. But could it mean there's even hope for me, a hopelessly uncoordinated and ungraceful ox? Before I could answer that, Val and I would have to spend the week introducing ourselves to some basic steps courtesy of the Victoria Ballroom Dance Society . Friends of ours joked that we would probably be the youngest people in the introductory class, and that the few people who showed up would be little old ladies. Wrong! We were blown away to see an entire range of ages, and a 50/50 split in gender. What's more, the place was packed with at least 40 people all wanting to learn more about moving their bodies to music. So we started off on comfortable enough footing. Our instructor, Elizabeth, was a real delight. In our first hour-long session, she took us through three la...