I am sorry because I didn't mean submissive to have a negative connotation. To me, this is the nature of the lead-follow relationship, and I also...
It may be that your pros don't know how to social dance. A lot of these pros just learned dancing through technique classes and learned to do shows...
As I said in my first post during this thread, I am not an expert in fighting. I have been practicing on and off in the different forms of...
sarcasm noted. the only difference between fighting and dancing is that in fighting two persons are trying to be the dominant partner and in dancing...
I think a strong level of community in a local society makes teaching in group classes easier. That is probably why the other poster was...
The scenario you are describing is the ideal learning environment from my point of view.
Good point about the pro-am. I guess my point is about learning how to do partner dancing in general (lead-follow-listen to music and technique...
This is one reason why I question the whole system of taking so many private one-on-one lessons. I'm just thinking about comparing this to fighting...
"Bachata Dancing" was non-existent until 2007, and then it started increasing by about 4.2% per year.
Thanks, Gorme. That is a good idea. I just did that and here are the results: "Salsa Dancing" has been declining steadily about 7.25% per year...
Does anybody know good ways to track the popularity of different dances? Sometimes I was thinking about this. Views on youtube videos? I don't...
. . . See that is the confusing part. It takes a lot of time to figure out what works and what doesn't . . . what is a fact and what is a...
In my experience, I have had one teacher tell me something I am doing is good, and then another one say I need to do it differently. They may be...
That's cool.
Just wondering if you have written any books or encyclopedias about the history of dancing.
"The two coaching couples I see are around $85/45min. (world champions) and $65/45min (current top 10 in Canada). " Those prices seem reasonable to...
It is really nice to read this comment thread. To me - someone who is not invested in a career in dancing - all of this stuff seems remarkably...
I'm not really an expert on any of this stuff . . . just a normal person. I think we should be doing as much practice as possible . . . and by...
Same here. Usually if I am watching dancing videos, it is just social dancing videos though. Just me. In addition to the dancing videos, I am also...
This is one of my favorite movies. When I was talking with a professional ballroom person about this movie, she said she hadn't even heard of it.
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