What's the most embarrassing moment you've had dancing?

Here's one from last night that I'm sure all you leads out there can sympathize with. DW and I were dancing in our studio comp last night. We get up for a tango, the music starts and... it's an electronica thing with weird polyrhythms, and I can't find the 1 beat! I was totally flummoxed. So I tried the usual cheat -- peeking at a pro to see what beat he is on. I see two pros out of the corner of my eye, and... they are on different beats! I stood there frozen for about ten seconds before I finally decided that I was going to have to just pick a beat and dance on it. The whole dance felt weird because I kept feeling like I should stop and get back on beat, but just when I thought I could hear it, it changed again. Several of the pros told me later that they couldn't find it either.

Shing A Tin Tin does that to me. But not for very long.

Ugh, my worst nightmare. My first comp back with my Rhythm partner last week, it was just us and another couple on the floor for Champ Rhythm, but I couldn't find the beat in the swing to save my life. Eventually I just went for it and realized four measures later I was off by two beats. And there was no good place to stop and start the routine until like 3/4 of the way through the routine. So embarrassing.

Oh Larinda!

All too similar to cornutt's: I was at the Carolina Fall Classic today. I stepped onto the floor for my first competitive heat with my new am partner and was completely unable to find the beat in the waltz. I spent the entire dance knowing I was off beat, but not able to figure out how to fix it.

Suffice it to say, we said not make the finals in the bronze WQ, and I blame myself entirely. I'm supposed to be the experienced dancer in the partnership. I wasn't thrilled with my dancing the rest of the comp, but that happens. That waltz though was humiliating.

That happened to me too. Yikes.

Mine's a toss up between dropping my partner on a crowded dance floor while doing a dip and elbowing someone in the face turning an underarm turn

well, I wasn't dancing while this occurred, but it was at a social. I was about 16 at the time, and a woman asked me if my instructor and I were together...he's in his 40s. So I made this ridiculous face and explained that he was just my instructor (I was wearing all of my stage makeup because I was performing that night, and the woman thought I was in my 20s. Still. Awkward.) A few days later the studio posted pics from the event, and someone had taken a photo of me when that woman asked about my instructor and I. I don't think I've ever made a less attractive facial expression in my entire life!

Oh man... it was great to see you Friday night, but you must have had a long drive.

My instructor decided it would be a good idea to teach me the hip lean step in rumba (I don't know what he was thinking). While this step could go wrong with anyone, adding that I outweight my instructor by probably 45 pounds gave it some definite interest. He just kept saying "you have to trust me" "you will hurt me if you don't trust me". I was thinking to myself "I am going to snap you like a twig". We managed a few poor attempts at it and a couple of times it came out ok. But there's just something so incrediably embarrassing about having my matchstick dance pro hold up this plus size girl's entire body weight. AWKWARD!! And he wonders why I hate dips and leans, etc. It's just not right lol

I do the lean dip where we start out standing next to each other our bodies and feet in contact on one side. I step out to my other side and the follow leans over with me. Not sure what the hip lean step is, but if it is anything like that it is a very stable position, and I have done huge people. Now if the follow panics and moves her center of gravity etc then she could roll off and if I maintain my connection I could get hurt.

Open position r-r and l-l, r-r above l-l. I keep l hand down and rotate follower clockwise, veil with my right and then go around the follower clockwise with my right hand wrapping etc. Now the follower right hand has elbow sticking out. If the follower struggles it can give you a nasty knock, just saying...

You description sounds exactly like what we were doing. In any case, I will try to avoid doing it in the future. I am terrified that I will hurt one or both of us. I am ok holding my body steady and we actually didn't have any close calls or anything. It's more just the thought of it for me I think. I "think" I have no business leaning over onto him like that