ballroom
Richard
partner is it still possible to join a club.
How difficult is it to learn i have zero experience.
Richard 36 uk
John...@verobeachlaw.com
wrote:
Ballroom is very difficult to learn but worth the challenge. However,
be warned that you will spend countless dollars and time and be unable
to find a partner who you can dance with consistently. Since you are
in the UK though it could be easier since I am told that more people
dance BR there. In the US, this can be a major problem.
Having said that, even with a little work you will soon be the best
dancer whatever weddings you attend.
Chris Stratton
> On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 11:27:28 +0100, "Richard" <richa...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I have always wanted to have a crack at this ballroom dancing, i have no
> >partner is it still possible to join a club.
> >How difficult is it to learn i have zero experience.
> >Richard 36 uk
> >
> Ballroom is very difficult to learn but worth the challenge. However,
> be warned that you will spend countless dollars and time and be unable
> to find a partner who you can dance with consistently.
Yes, there can be frustrations, but there can also be many joys.
You may decide you wish to be really good and end up spending a lot on
private lessons, but you don't actually need anything but relatively
affordable group classes to learn to dance well enough that you will enjoy it
and people will enjoy dancing with you. Many people show up on their own -
most classes rotate partners every few minutes anyway (though some romantic
or dance partner couples may choose to say out of the rotation for various
good or bad reasons). If you have a difficulty personalilty or are extremely
tall or short you may have trouble finding a good partner to practice with
outside of class... but generally you should be able to find someone
compatible if you approach things with the right attitude - try to give
anyone a chance on the dancefloor no matter how different from you they may
be in every day life. The more you advance of course the narrower your range
of potential partners will be... but that's a matter of how dedicated (read
obsessive) you become about things - (ie, if you want someone to do serious
competition with as opposed to just fun social dancing).
Try to avoid making major monetary commitments for many lessons at a time
especially at big-name franchised studios (if you have those in the UK) - try
to check out all your local options (including universities, clubs, churces,
etc) before spending a lot of money in one place.
Chris
SocialDancer
wrote:
>I have always wanted to have a crack at this ballroom dancing, i have no
Now is a good time to start Richard as many schools will have new
beginners classes starting soon. Everyone there will have zero
experience and the same number of left feet as you :-)
Try to find a prospectus for evening classes in your area. There's
likely to be several beginners ballroom and latin classes. Latin is
the style Charlie Dimmock just did as a challenge on TV.
You could also look at group classes at a local dance school. Check
Yellow pages or go to http://www.ukdancesport.info/ then select
"coaching/practices" / "Dance schools" from the menu on the left.
Don't be put off by the photos of top competitors; you won't be doing
that for weeks yet ;-)
If you need any more help e-mail me, with your location.
Regards
Howard Spurr
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www.socialdancer.btinternet.co.uk
Ron Nicholson
> Ballroom is very difficult to learn but worth the challenge.
Ballroom dancing is very difficult to learn to do well. High-level
and competition ballroom dance can absorb any amount of time and
money.
But lots of people (I'd say the vast majority) seem to have fun
social ballroom dancing with only a few group classes and some
amount of practice.
Beginning leader (men) sometimes have to stick with classes and
practice for at least some number of weeks before catching on, so
don't let first impressions stop you from learning to ballroom
dance.
> However,
> be warned that you will spend countless dollars and time and be unable
> to find a partner who you can dance with consistently. Since you are
> in the UK though it could be easier since I am told that more people
> dance BR there. In the US, this can be a major problem.
Most social dancers in California do not seem to have a regular dance
partner; doesn't seem to be a problem unless you want to compete.
IMHO. YMMV.
--
Ron Nicholson <http://www.nicholson.com/rhn >
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John...@verobeachlaw.com
As a follow up to my first comment, let me correct myself. You "can"
as opposed to "will" spend a lot of time and money and may not be able
to find a committed, dependable dance partner. Again, I think
location has a lot to do with it.
By all means jump in and start the learning process. You really do
not need to know that much because in the typical social dance
scenario even if you did you could not use much of it anyhow. Most
women are happy just to have a man that will get up and dance with
them even if it is box steps and forward basics.
And if you are single I will let you in on another little secret...
learning even the basics can, shall I say, enhance, your social life.
Being able to get a woman around a dance floor gives you an edge that
can come in quite handy at times.