ballroomboilergirl
01-01-2004, 03:34 PM
What does everyone do to get ready to dance? Is there a specific ritual you have before you go out social dancing? Do you have any performance/competition superstitions? What do you do to "get in the zone" before you do your thing? I'm curious to see what everyone does! :D
As for me, I am probably one of the most superstitious people you will ever meet. I haven't haven't been dancing long enough yet to develop any set-in-stone rituals, but there are certain things I have noticed myself doing...I always do all my hair and makeup before putting on my outfit (I feel out of order if I don't do it that way...it's strange!), and my partner always puts my left shoe on for me while I'm putting on my right shoe...I guess its some sort of pre-competition bonding ritual Dave and I do :lol:
The night before a competition, I always clean all my jewelry and soak my feet, and spend the evening doing something non-dance related with my partner, such as watching a movie in the hotel....again, some sort of bonding ritual :D I find that doing non-dance related things with my partner helps us trust each other more on the floor and learn to understand each other's nonverbal signals and leads.
Though I haven't developed any serious superstitions yet, some of the more advanced people on my team have ones that are just downright BIZARRE. My pseudo-boyfriend Brian won't get on the floor until he has walked AROUND (not on it!) it at least 4 times; my friend Skye has a lucky penny that she tucks into the left foot of her fishnets; and, in quite possibly the MOST bizarre display of superstition, my friend Tze flips out if he doesn't have Maybelline eyeliner on...we have literally started calling him the "Ballroom Diva" because he refuses to let anyone put any other brand except Maybelline on him! :shock: :? :lol:
As for me, I am probably one of the most superstitious people you will ever meet. I haven't haven't been dancing long enough yet to develop any set-in-stone rituals, but there are certain things I have noticed myself doing...I always do all my hair and makeup before putting on my outfit (I feel out of order if I don't do it that way...it's strange!), and my partner always puts my left shoe on for me while I'm putting on my right shoe...I guess its some sort of pre-competition bonding ritual Dave and I do :lol:
The night before a competition, I always clean all my jewelry and soak my feet, and spend the evening doing something non-dance related with my partner, such as watching a movie in the hotel....again, some sort of bonding ritual :D I find that doing non-dance related things with my partner helps us trust each other more on the floor and learn to understand each other's nonverbal signals and leads.
Though I haven't developed any serious superstitions yet, some of the more advanced people on my team have ones that are just downright BIZARRE. My pseudo-boyfriend Brian won't get on the floor until he has walked AROUND (not on it!) it at least 4 times; my friend Skye has a lucky penny that she tucks into the left foot of her fishnets; and, in quite possibly the MOST bizarre display of superstition, my friend Tze flips out if he doesn't have Maybelline eyeliner on...we have literally started calling him the "Ballroom Diva" because he refuses to let anyone put any other brand except Maybelline on him! :shock: :? :lol: