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geeza

geeza

geeza

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Do you know how to do the sort of dancing like ball room where the man leads? Only I never have as ive never been in a place to go ball room dancing really. Ive been to parties with family but dont dance at them.

Im sure im in a generation (im 22) that will never actually need to go 'proper' dancing. I dance with girls but it hardly call it ball room!

Did there used to be classes to teach people the type of dancing where the man leads or something?
 
geeza said:
Do you know how to do the sort of dancing like ball room where the man leads? Only I never have as ive never been in a place to go ball room dancing really. Ive been to parties with family but dont dance at them.

Im sure im in a generation (im 22) that will never actually need to go 'proper' dancing. I dance with girls but it hardly call it ball room!

Did there used to be classes to teach people the type of dancing where the man leads or something?
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They do 'tea dances' at the Arts centre next to where I work. In summer they leave the door open so I sometimes can be nosey and see all the old people spinning around the room. :)
 
Well personally I have been going to Le Roc (French jive) classes for 3 weeks, and just started Salsa last night. Salsa tends to be a slightly older band of people (mid-20s up to 60s), whereas Le Roc attracts a few near-teenagers too.

I'm *really* enjoying both. The man definitely leads in Salsa, and does so most of the time in Le Roc too - though both partners often need to have a good idea of which moves they're going into.

I have another friend who's just started ballroom dancing, her first lesson included elements of Tango and Quickstep. She said it was really hard, but is raring to go again.

The dance classes are everywhere, I found about 4 or 5 places offering Le Roc classes in central Bristol alone, for about a fiver per lesson.

Boys, if you feel like learning something with a bit more structure - join in - there's always a surplus of women, and most classes will rotate your partners all the time so you don't have to go with someone specific :)
 
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Well personally I have been going to Le Roc (French jive) classes for 3 weeks, and just started Salsa last night. Salsa tends to be a slightly older band of people (mid-20s up to 60s), whereas Le Roc attracts a few near-teenagers too.
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I was just about to suggest salsa because up here its mainly early 20's that do it and the man always leads :)
 
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Well, I think probably it ends up being that there are some classes full of older people, and then those attended by the younger ones - as a younger group will probably allow for more daring moves!

Am 23, by the way.
 
i did some ballroom dancing with the girlfriend last year was actually pretty good fun, and reasonable exercise :-)

The main reason was so i could dance properly with my Nan at my sisters wedding, my grandad passed away a year or so earlyer and at their 50th wedding aniversary all their friends were floating around the room gracefully i though it would be nice for her to have someone to dance with :)

there was a mix of people that did it, although the majority were older than us (i'm mid->late twentys) and a couple of mother/father and daughter groups.

Its a good skill to have, and good fun to do once you know whats going on, plus i think there are allot of dances around that are held weekly/bi weekly, its just not overly advertised
 
Ignoring films like strictly ballroom, and the endless shows on TV that have been doing the rounds, yes there are classes and people still go to them. I learnt when I was younger (I'm 26) and learnt several styles from Salsa and Samba to country.

I've heard, but am not certain, that it is becoming more fasionable to have a 'proper' dance at your wedding so people take short courses but don't really see the point. If you like dancing take your pick, there are plenty to choose from and usually plenty of instructors.
 
About 10 years ago i worked for my neighbour who's a Salsa instructor collecting the money on the door.

the classes were prodimentantly female ranging 20s to 50s and I often got roped in for a few lessons and picked up a few moves :D cause there was so few blokes there, its good fun and it'll impress the ladies as well if you can spin em around the dancefloor down the local club ;)
 
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