{"id":971,"date":"2026-02-04T12:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themodemuse.org\/?p=971"},"modified":"2026-02-04T12:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:20:29","slug":"the-dance-instructor-wouldnt-let-me-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themodemuse.org\/?p=971","title":{"rendered":"The Dance Instructor Wouldn\u2019t Let Me Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t let beginners quit early,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s past closing time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cExactly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The studio lights dimmed to practice mode \u2014 low and gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She stepped behind me, adjusting my posture \u2014 slowly, deliberately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDancing,\u201d she whispered near my ear,<br>\u201cis mostly tension\u2026 and controlled release.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her hands didn\u2019t move away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI don\u2019t let beginners quit early,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s past closing time.\u201d \u201cExactly.\u201d The studio lights dimmed to practice mode \u2014 low and gold. She stepped behind me, adjusting my posture \u2014 slowly, deliberately. \u201cDancing,\u201d she whispered near my ear,\u201cis mostly tension\u2026 and controlled release.\u201d Her hands didn\u2019t move away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-funny-jokes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themodemuse.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themodemuse.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themodemuse.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themodemuse.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themodemuse.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themodemuse.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":973,"href":"https:\/\/themodemuse.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions\/973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themodemuse.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themodemuse.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themodemuse.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themodemuse.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}