step it...down?!

How embarrassing.
So I decided to widen my horizons and check out some of the classes in my local gym which are very conveniently pay as you go. I had gone to a couple in the past and really enjoyed them but found it hard to find the time to go to them during term time.
But with my new found free time, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to check them out.
So I downloaded the timetable and picked out the ones I would like to try. First on the list was step it up...a step aerobics class. Deffo thought it would be worth a try.
I arrived and followed suit as the others set up their steps and even obeyed the teacher when she asked new people (there were2of us) to head up to the front of the class so that we could see better. A minor inconvenience seeing as I prefer to hover at the back as invisible as possible!!
So a step class, just stepping up and down on a step...right?! WRONG.
The steps were used as a platform to twist and turn and spring using rhythmical movements and choreography without a basic stepping up and down in sight. My total lack of coordination aside, I looked on in awe as the exceedingly advanced steppers around me moved around the steps as if they were an extension of their own bodies. 1/2 way through the class, I realised that I was totally incapable of following a 10step sequence which the teacher belted out and the others mimicked with ease. So I just stepped...up and down..up and down, in front of everyone as they whirled and twirled around me.
At least I rode it (or stepped it!) out. The other beginner, sick with shame, bolted 1/2 way through.
Perhaps advertising the fact that it was an ADVANCED class may have helped me?!
Oh the shame