[Dan's body just kind of tenses with a "well now what to say" energy.]

That's, ah, not what makes it exotic dancing, but nothing I do to make it that style is necessary to teach you some fundamentals. Just lifts and twirls.

So long as you know it's going to hurt, a lot, during and after. Your body adjusts after a few weeks, you get calluses and get stronger, and then it just becomes fun exercise.