Words to beginners (and, to some extent, all Lindy Hoppers)

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Being a beginner swing dancer can be daunting and intimidating. But we were all beginners once, and in many contexts, we all still are. Here is some encouragement and a few custom writing suggestions in our writing services to make your dancing experience more pleasant and fun... and make your partners happier, too!

For every hour you spend in a class, spend three on the social floor. This is one of those rare activities where the practicing part is actually fun!

Advanced dancers screw up, too. All the time!

Worried about asking 'better' dancers to dance a song with you? 1) They may want a break from the challenges of dancing with their peers who are trying out all sorts of fancy moves or styling on 'em. 2) It's just 3-4 minutes out of their life... you're not really imposing! [ThatAdamGuy]

Even if you think you're awful, you're not! It just takes time and don't give up!

Comments

From Cerasponza [67.125.240.21] - 9/25/05 10:46 PM

On asking "good dancers" to dance with you....

1) I waited literally 5 years to dance with a particular fantastic dancer and after telling him that, I recieved the following bit of wisdom..."A great dancer is like a great macrame artist...there's nothing scary about them". I was told not to wait that long anymore. (If he ends up reading this, I hope he doesn't mind if I didn't get that word for word, and also that he doesn't mind me quoting it!)

2) How are you ever supposed to get any better if you aren't exposed to what the dance is supposed to feel like when done correctly? If you only dance with other people at "your level", you aren't going to improve. For example, I once was at a ballroom practice where we were trying to learn new things for competition. Our coach was trying to teach everyone a fan-like move in Tango, and my partner had never done it before, so he wasn't leading it correctly, and thus I wasn't getting it. When my coach led it, I was INSTANTLY able to do it without any further problems, and subsequently after I returned with this knowlegde to my partner, he was then able to feel what should be happening and corrected it.

3) LEADS - Don't tell your follow what move you are in the process of doing or what you are about to do, unless it's something crazy that could cause the person harm if they miss your lead. Chances are, your follow will know what you are or are trying to do, even if you fail :) Besides, how are you going to know if your lead was sucessful if you spoil the surprise by blurting it out to your follow ?

I hope this was helpful - I'm usually a big chicken when it comes to asking ANYONE to dance, so from experience as one, I can honestly say DON'T BE A CHICKEN! Chickens don't get to dance, and that why one goes DANCING, isn't it?

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