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

[Suaveson]

Good evening all,

Ok let's be honest, we are at different skill levels and to acheive those
skill levels we have had to work. In all your years of dancing, (Be honest!!) can you recall the most embarrassing moment you've had while dancing or while trying to learn? :roll: :?:

[dancin_feet]

Last night was quite funny and embarrassing at the same time.

Doing laybacks in lambada you are basically dancing the whole thing with legs intertwined, and I bent my knees too much and ended up, crunch on my instructor's knee! :shock: :oops: We both ended up in hysterics, and trying to recover I pretended that he was Santa and told him what I wanted for Christmas! :lol:

Fortunately nothing is really embarrassing with my instructor, he is really cool. 8)

[pygmalion]

Two. (Man. I am so committed to telling the truth here -- humiliation notwithstanding.)

1. The time I was overwhelmed by personal issues and burst into a sobbing fit in the middle of a dance lesson. :shock: :cry:

2. The time a former dance teacher decided I wasn't doing my following properly and walked me off the dance floor in the middle of a dance ... in front of all his students and a couple hundred other people at a public dance. Oh! :oops: :cry:

[Sagitta]

Mine was the first time when I went onto the social dance floor in 2002. It was months after I had taken a beginner swing class at the university, and I went to a place where they predominantly did lindy!! I tried ECS, but did not know how to start, kept on wandering off and on beat....it was horrible!

[KevinL]

Two. (Man. I am so committed to telling the truth here -- humiliation notwithstanding.)

1. The time I was overwhelmed by personal issues and burst into a sobbing fit in the middle of a dance lesson. :shock: :cry:

2. The time a former dance teacher decided I wasn't doing my following properly and walked me off the dance floor in the middle of a dance ... in front of all his students and a couple hundred other people at a public dance. Oh! :oops: :cry:

I hope this is at least part of why he is now your mormer teacher.

Kevin

[KevinL]

Most embarrassing? I doubt any of you will think this was embarrassing, but it's the "worst" I've got.

One day during lunch at the 2001 Oakland Swing Dance Festival I saw a woman sitting alone near the little lake. I new she was a dancer because she had a wristband, and I thought that she was alone and new to dancing just like I was, so we started chatting. We introduced ourselves, and I tried to be supportive and encouraging of her getting out dancing. I found out later that "Ravitte Gall" is a well-known Lindy teacher (from Boston?), and probably knew half the people there personally. She was trying to spend some quality time with herself and I interupted her. I think it's funny now, but I was embarassed when I found out "who" she really was.

Kevin

[bordertangoman]

:wink: well, embarassing for the woman in question. i turned up early for a milonga while the beginneers class was still going. A woman short of a partner invited me onto the floor.A s there was a shortage of men I obliged. I was met with encouragement like 'oh you're picking this up quite well.' and ' oh you'll get the hang of it soon I'm sure.'
I smiled politely and said nothing (grinning inwardly to myself as I thought it was very amusing.)

She didn't know that I'd been dancing tango for two years and that I teach beginners. Later after I'd been dancing for a while, I overheard her say to a friend '........and he didn't say a thing.' :wink:

[bordertangoman]

PS I also hum along qto the music quietly, and unconsciously. Some dancers find it amusing, others irritating and some don't seem to notice.

[MapleLeaf Salsero]

2. The time a former dance teacher decided I wasn't doing my following properly and walked me off the dance floor in the middle of a dance ... in front of all his students and a couple hundred other people at a public dance. Oh! :oops: :cry:

Hmm... That wasn´t very nice. :roll:

[pygmalion]

No. It wasn't nice at all, but that's not why I stopped studying with him. I decided to view the walking off the floor incident as a lapse in judgment, which we all have from time to time, and I forgave him. After I told him that he hurt me, and that I deserve to be treated better, no matter how badly I dance. I got over it.

[Tasek]

This was more embarassing for my dance partner than for me, but I felt really (really really) bad about it;

The girl I was dancing with wore a bareback top which was tied up with some laces at the back (you can probably already guess where this one's going), as I was leading her through a spin my hand got caught up in said laces and the resulting tug left her 'uncovered' :oops: :oops:

Her top didn't completely come off; sort of hung around her waist, so she pulled it up, I quickly escorted her to the nearest bathroom and after she had laced up again I apologised profusely; fortunately she was cool about it though.

[Phil Owl]

While dancing:

At a Hustle event in Boston, I noticed this one lady who hardly danced at all the whole night, I asked her, she accepts and then about 15 seconds into it, it becomes obvious why nobody asked her, SHE WAS THE MOST RUDE ARROGANT CONDESCENDING B&%$# I EVER MET IN MY LIFE! :shock: :roll: :headwall: :evil: I couldn't do ANYTHING right by her at all, she's trying to teach me a basic step while dancing, never did a 3 minute song seem to go forever!

Needless to say, I never asked her again (I'm sure I'm not alone in that one).

[d nice]

:wink: well, embarassing for the woman in question. i turned up early for a milonga while the beginneers class was still going. A woman short of a partner invited me onto the floor.A s there was a shortage of men I obliged. I was met with encouragement like 'oh you're picking this up quite well.' and ' oh you'll get the hang of it soon I'm sure.'
I smiled politely and said nothing (grinning inwardly to myself as I thought it was very amusing.)

I've had this happen to me.

I was at a huge dance which was the kick off for a workshop weekend, and there was a begining lesson. I stepped in rotation to help out and I got this girl who was trying to teach me the basics of lindy hop.

I didn't say anything, just laughed, apologized, and kept doing what the instructors were saying. It was the last part of the class so there wasn't anymore rotation by the time I got to her.

To make things more amusing the instructors had everyone form a a circle and they pulled me into the circle and introduced me as the instrucotr that was teaching the workshop that weekend. The girl turned beet red, and hid as a jam in my honor was thrown. I just laughed and smiled the whole time.

Oddly enough I didn't see her the rest of the night. I went looking for her... I wanted to aske her to dance.

I can't help it, I'm mean.

[d nice]

That said, I embaress myself pretty much every night I go dancing.

Last night I was dancing on a horrible floor, even my magic shoes couldn't get a decent slide... I tried a double heel slide and either the heels were just what I needed, or I hit the one slick (read: normal) spot on the floor, but I slid half the distance of the floor and fell on my keister. Hoots, applause, laughter...

SO I did what I had, stood up smiled, executed a perfect sweeping bow and then started dancing again... thankfully when I fall I never bring my partner down with me. Which is especially good since my motto is...

If you aren't falling you aren't trying hard enough.

[pygmalion]

It's good to know that we lowly peons aren't the only ones who embarrass ourselves. Did I ever tell you about the time I fell flat on my butt in the middle of a formation rehearsal? I mean splat!! At least forty people watching. What could I do? Just stand up, pretend my elbow wasn't throbbing (it was) and keep dancing. *shrug*

[Hank]

1. During a latin competition, the back seam of my pants split wide open.
2. At a ballroom dance, I walked up to a woman I'd never seen before and asked her to dance. She jumped backwards, put her hands up as if to protect herself, and shouted, "NO!" Everyone turned and looked to see who was assauting that poor woman.
3. At a swing dance, I was dancing with a woman I didn't know, and she began screaming. I couldn't hear what she was saying over the loud music, so I stopped dancing and asked her what was the matter (everyone was looking at us because she was screaming). It turned out she was screaming, "THIS IS THE MOST FUN I'VE EVER HAD!"

[Sagitta]

I'm probably late of the bat as you already have 6 posts, but welcome to df Hank. I'm glad to have you with us. :D (Anyway I have a good excuse as I am just back from dancing.!!)

[Swing Kitten]

mine was being lead (it's my fault too though) into the bandstand-- I felt bad for the saxaphonist.

it's not too bad at all but I'm still relatively new at this and I'm sure I'll have plenty more.

[ShyDancer]

I havent had any yet!

With the exception of my story in another thread regarding the guy I was talking about without realising he was behind me (all good things , but none the less embarrassing!) And I mean why would I notice anyone near me in a room full of mirriors right?? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


And special thanks to the 2 ppl who shared their stories about the halter tops coming undone! I shall NEVER wear mine out dancing again! :wink:

[bordertangoman]

accidents will happen....... :oops:

the dangers of shoe laces:

at a crowded milonga my shoe lace came undone and somebody from another couple stood on it so my right leg was pinned down until they moved so I improvised on the spot!! sorry terrible pun.

Another time my partner caught the loop of my shoe lace in the strap oher shoe so our feet were pinned together. We had a three legged hobble to the edge of the dance floor to sort it out. :(

[dancin_feet]

And special thanks to the 2 ppl who shared their stories about the halter tops coming undone! I shall NEVER wear mine out dancing again! :wink:

No keep wearing them, just tie it in a double knot. Unless he's really concentrating and doing some sort of weird move behind your back, he'll never pull it undone!

[ShyDancer]

Hehehe!

No keep wearing them, just tie it in a double knot. Unless he's really concentrating and doing some sort of weird move behind your back, he'll never pull it undone!

I have some that are all one piece at the back..I still think I will stick to those ones! I would just be too worried...no knot could make me forget those 2 stories!

[NeoDevin]

No keep wearing them, just tie it in a double knot. Unless he's really concentrating and doing some sort of weird move behind your back, he'll never pull it undone!

Or unless he's practiced undoing double knots just for girls like you ;)

[dancin_feet]

No keep wearing them, just tie it in a double knot. Unless he's really concentrating and doing some sort of weird move behind your back, he'll never pull it undone!

Or unless he's practiced undoing double knots just for girls like you ;)

Maybe, but his hand is not supposed to be anywhere near my neck! I'll stop him before he even gets started. :lol:

[twodance]

My wife and I where competing in a national competition and my pants split on the first measure of the Cha Cha. Of course I didn't know this and we danced the rumba, swing, bolero and on the mambo I found out. The judges said it wasn't bad, I finally had some color in my face. :oops: Thats when I found the importance of wearing black shorts instead of white ones. Or the time one of my students was doing a solo routine and her fishnet hose got caught in my zipper. Try fixing that one on the dancefloor !! :lol:

[NeoDevin]

Maybe, but his hand is not supposed to be anywhere near my neck! I'll stop him before he even gets started. :lol:

Awwww, shucks... spoilsport :P ;)

[alfr dís]

i only have 4 yrs background, but for me the most embarassing thing thats happen to me at dance is when i busted my ankle. i did it on a leap, when i landed my ankle rolled in and pow, i was on the floor. everyone was really nice about it but i still felt like an idiot.

[youngsta]

I've been thinking...and thinking...trying to remember a time I truly felt embarassed. Finally I breached the mental block that was in place to protect me from the horrible experience! :lol:

This past Nov I was in LA visiting my huge group of salsa friends out there. It was a good friend's birthday so of course we hooked her up with a birthday dance. Problem was...it was one of those uber fast salsas; the kind I hate and normally sit down when they're on. Well I couldn't, it was her dance. And when I finally cut in to take my turn with her I was horrible. Couldn't stay with the tempo, didn't execute one good combo, and EVERYONE was watching! I passed her off as quick as possible and tried to find a place to hide. I think I psyched myself out more than anything. I can dance at that speed, but REALLY didn't want too. Plus I felt horrible that I couldn't even give my good friend a great birthday dance. ::sigh::

[LindyQuest]

I was at my first swing event, in Oakland last May, and I think it was the beginning of the evening. If I remember correctly, I was led into an inside turn, but I hadn't learned how to tuck my elbow in as I turned. I accidently smacked the guy right on the nose as I turned - I was so embarrassed! :oops: Luckily, he was all right and he just laughed it off, but ever since then I am really careful to make sure my elbow doesn't come near my lead's face!!!

[SDsalsaguy]

...ever since then I am really careful to make sure my elbow doesn't come near my lead's face!!!
On behalf of all leads everywhere: Thank You :!: :!: :!:

[ShyDancer]

No keep wearing them, just tie it in a double knot. Unless he's really concentrating and doing some sort of weird move behind your back, he'll never pull it undone!

Or unless he's practiced undoing double knots just for girls like you ;)

Maybe, but his hand is not supposed to be anywhere near my neck! I'll stop him before he even gets started. :lol:


Tell me there arent guys out there like this :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Although I have yet to dance with a guy who has put his hand on my neck! Upper back when in open outs and such..but I guess the strings DO hang right there..... eek!
I think Ill stick to my original idea of NOT wearing the tie ups anymore!

[NeoDevin]

I was kidding :lol: :lol: :lol: To the extent of my knowledge noone would actually do such a thing...

[ShyDancer]

Me and my big mouth! Hehehe! After saying that I hadnt had any yet, Last night I stood on MY OWN toe!

Seriously! I mean standing on someone elses toe is acceptable, but your own ????
I made it bleed so of course I had everyones attention!

I still cant believe I stood on my own toe! Its not like I dont know where my feet are :lol: :lol: :lol:

Oh well one notch on the belt :wink:

[Adwiz]

Only mildly embarrassing, but certainly memorable:

My wife bought a cute black Jive dress that has what looks like thousands of threads hanging down in multiple rows all over the dress. I discovered during a Jive that they aren't just threads but loops of thread, because my hand got caught during a whip spin and I couldn't get it out. I ended up half behind her with my arm twisted around behind me and unable to extricate myself in the middle of the dance. People were laughing all around us.

I suppose more embarassing moments have been things like stepping on my own foot, but I may be the only one who noticed, unless you happened to notice the look of sheer pain!

[pygmalion]

I discovered during a Jive that they aren't just threads but loops of thread, because my hand got caught during a whip spin and I couldn't get it out. I ended up half behind her with my arm twisted around behind me and unable to extricate myself in the middle of the dance. People were laughing all around us.


At least you protected your wife at the expense of your arm. Who says chivalry is dead? :wink: 8)

[TemptressToo]

Now this...if it actually happened on a dance floor...would be utterly humiliating.

I had just learned the tandem Charleston. Excited about having learned this really neat little dance, I was bound and determined to perfect it. Thus, my practice session in my kitchen. I was wearing one of my usual cute little swingy skirts and heels and dancing to some great old music. As I went for the part where the dancers 'travel' I kicked up a little too high, got my heel caught on the hem of my cute little skirt, and dropped the sucker to the floor. THAT would have been SO embarassing on a dance floor. :oops:

Horrified...I realized that I had just purchased a strapless-dress. Nightmare images of the same happening have already flashed through my brain...so my new strapless dress now sports straps...courtesy of needle and thread. :nope:

[MapleLeaf Salsero]

Hmm… There were so many embarrassing moments that I don’t quite know where to start. OK, here’s one.

I was dancing Kizomba with a lady (African dance where you normally dance close to your partner). We were about the same height and somehow my belt buckle got stuck on hers (swear I didn’t do it on purpose). :shock: It was as if we were glued to each other. Anyway, it was kind of awkward so I tried to unglue myself from her buckle without moving away from her or getting off-beat as a good dancer should... After about 10 seconds I managed to disconnect myself (had to invent strange moves in order to do so). We kept dancing as though nothing had happened and to my surprise our belt buckles got entwined again. I tried to disconnect again but this time I wasn’t being very successful. I heard my partner giggling and was starting to feel embarrassed. :oops: She finally told me not to worry about it because we could disconnect after the song was over. Last time I dance a Kizomba with a lady with an enormous buckle...

[DanceMentor]

I don't know if this is the most embarrassing, but I was thinking of the time at a party where I had an 80 year old lady trip, do a couple of rolls and land flat on her back. People were gasping and gathering around as I explained that she tripped herself and I was being careful, but was not able to catch her. She was not injured, but it was quite embarrassing.

[MapleLeaf Salsero]

I don't know if this is the most embarrassing, but I was thinking of the time at a party where I had an 80 year old lady trip, do a couple of rolls and land flat on her back. People were gasping and gathering around as I explained that she tripped herself and I was being careful, but was not able to catch her. She was not injured, but it was quite embarrassing.

DanceMentor, how many beers do you think she had? :wink:

[DanceMentor]

I needed a beer after that episode. People were looking at me and you could tell they were thinking, "What a dumb bass!"
(note: reference to fish intentional to avoid foul language. Hmmm...foul language...maybe I should have said dumb parrot...)

[Suaveson]

Wow! Some of those are pretty bad, thanks for all the honesty btw...

I must now confess my most embarrassing moment,

I was 15 at a club competing in a hip-hop dance contest at a local club with a dance group I used to hang with at that time(we won that night btw - only $150 but we were all happy cause the routine we used we practiced for about 2-3 weeks.)

One of the moves we did would have two people in front kneel and the two people behind them would jump over them into a chinese splits(don't ask me to do that now - it's not possible anymore....).

Well that night I wore a pair of denim overalls, (very, very baggy hip hop style) that ripped you know where-- when I did the splits. Believe or not, nobody saw or knew because the fog, disco lights and strobes were still running when it happened.) I sat down the rest of the night and told everyone who asked me to dance that I pulled a hamstring muscle.

chow

[LindyQuest]

I was sooo embarrassed this weekend...I was at a weekend workshop and I accidentally ended up in a session that was WAY too advanced for me. :shock: It was also for partners only, but I ended up getting paired up with someone. After about ten minutes I could tell that it was way above my head, so I asked a follow who was sitting out if she would take my place, but she didn't want to. Anyhow, there was no one else around, so I felt like I was kind of stuck. :(
I felt so bad for the guy who had to dance with me...I wanted to just walk out, but I didn't feel right doing that, since there were no other follows. :? But on the whole it was a very tough class, and it felt like everyone was watching me. I just hope most of the people were too busy trying to learn the steps, rather than watching all my mistakes. To make it worse, the class ran about 20 minutes overtime, so just when I thought it was over, it kept going, and going, and going.
I made it to the next session (a much more basic class :D ) but I ended up having to dance with the lead from the previous class again. Luckily it was a rotational class, and he didn't have to put up with me for two classes in a row!

And you can bet it will be a looong time before I take anything but basic classes. :oops: :oops:

[MacMoto]

I was sooo embarrassed this weekend...I was at a weekend workshop and I accidentally ended up in a session that was WAY too advanced for me.


LindyQuest,
I had the same experience about five months ago. I went to a weekend salsa workshop, which turned out to be way above my level. I knew I was the worst follower in the room, which felt awful. Although the class was rotational, I remember one guy in particular, an advanced dancer who probably took that class as a warmup session, who had the misfortune of dancing with me near the end of the class when we went over the whole routine. I totally sucked and felt like a sack of potatoes. I was miserable for days after that...
For a long time I wouldn't go near the man as I was too embarrassed about that day, but this story has a happy ending. I finally found the courage to dance with him recently, and not only did I manage to follow him without too much difficulty, I actually enjoyed it. It was great fun -- one of the best dances I had that weekend! It's particularly pleasing when this happens because that's when you realise how much you have improved. So don't worry, keep practising, and your time will come. :D

[Sabor]

i somehow managed to rip the back of my pants from waist to crotch :shock: all because i was being a smarta$$ and wanted to squat and move back up very fast while cross-dody leading the lady :lol: .. the band singer (female) was very amused cause my back was to her and not the public thank heavens!! luckily i was wearing a longish shirt to hide the proof of my sudden 'expose' :lol: :lol:

[Genesius Redux]

Have ripped the seat of my pants on a number of occasions--usually when I was wearing black pants with red boxers!

For ShyDancer--people step on their own toes all the time. But the most dramatic that I've ever seen was when I was doing a theatre arts routine; I'd just done a lift, and as I set my teacher/partner down, she came down from about four feet in the air and landed with her right heel square on her left toe.

She tried for a few moments to maintain her composure, but then gave it all up to start hopping around the floor holding her foot.

Of course, everyone's looking at me like I was the one who did it--and I was sooooooo not guilty! :lol:

[TemptressToo]

This past Thursday at ballroom...I was dancing with a friend/instructor. During tango...I took a wrong step and stepped on his toe. I apologized but he decided to just rub it in and began hopping/limping around. Mortified, I fled the dance floor fearing I'd really done something wrong. He came after me and said he was just playing and that I had hardly touched him at all (it was April Fool's Day). However, I was so freaked out and embarrassed that I remained off of the floor and out of my friends arms for several dances after the fact.

[Ray]

when the floor is slippery.. and my shoes were too slippery too so you know,. what happends then

yeah .. the ground whas hard :S

[Genesius Redux]

This past Thursday at ballroom...I was dancing with a friend/instructor. During tango...I took a wrong step and stepped on his toe. I apologized but he decided to just rub it in and began hopping/limping around. Mortified, I fled the dance floor fearing I'd really done something wrong. He came after me and said he was just playing and that I had hardly touched him at all (it was April Fool's Day). However, I was so freaked out and embarrassed that I remained off of the floor and out of my friends arms for several dances after the fact.

My great love of physical comedy always wins out over mortification--if that happens, I try my best to appear mortified and not laugh! :wink:

[vey]

Although not exactly while dancing, but one of my big dance-related embarrassments happened in a dance store when I was trying on a pair of ballroom shoes and smartly decided to test how they will work during multiple spins: I almost fell flat on my face saved only by a bar that I grabed at the last moment. Needless to say it happened while a couple of sales people and a few customers watching...

:shock: :lol:

[Ray]

its ok.. i won't tell anyon :twisted:

[LindyQuest]

I was miserable for days after that...
For a long time I wouldn't go near the man as I was too embarrassed about that day, but this story has a happy ending. I finally found the courage to dance with him recently, and not only did I manage to follow him without too much difficulty, I actually enjoyed it. It was great fun -- one of the best dances I had that weekend! It's particularly pleasing when this happens because that's when you realise how much you have improved. So don't worry, keep practising, and your time will come. :D

Thanks for the encouragement, MacMoto!!! I've been worried about it all day, wondering how I'm going to face him if I see him again this weekend. I probably won't dance with him for a while, but I do hope my story has a happy ending too! :D

[danceguy]

I had a pretty embarrasing one last night...during the practice session at our local Salsa club I was dancing with a lady who didn't know much Salsa and was trying to lead her through some fast motions...she stepped wrong and whirled around, giving me a hard elbow jab right in the solar plexus! :oops:

Luckily I'm pretty good at absorbing strikes from MA training...so I didn't get hurt, but I wanted to compliment her on her technique...it had some power behind it! :shock:

[cocodrilo]

I went to a latin dance party which was held at a new disco place. There was a live band and the place got rather full and steamy, and a dangerous dew-slick formed on the floor. Guys were slipping bigtime and falling left & right and I was trying to do my usual quick shines & spins and THEN IT WAS MY TURN! Down I went with a BAM! Got up & continued dancing as if nothing had happened by boy was my tush sore! Us salseros have vowed to never visit that place again!
The most UTTERLY embarrassing thing that ever happened to me while dancing was the "wig incident", but I believe I have mentioned this before in a similar thread.

[ShyDancer]

I wasnt going to share thsi one because it really embarrassed me :oops: :oops:
I was dancing Rumba with a guy I know from one of the dance studios I attend, and as it was the day before April fools we were tossing about suggestions for pranks we could play, Things got rather silly and we were laughing pretty hard, he tried to lead me into a natural top turn, only laughing so much I missed the lead so he tried to manouver me around anyway (I dont find it offensive if its someone I know who is just playing around, and the floor wasnt too crowded anyway) and my thigh somehow came in direct contact with his *ouch* bits :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
I didnt connect hard enough to hurt him, just enough to stun him :lol: :lol:

I wanted to run! I actually thought about it :lol: but He just laughed it off :oops:

[Genesius Redux]

I wasnt going to share thsi one because it really embarrassed me :oops: :oops:
I was dancing Rumba with a guy I know from one of the dance studios I attend, and as it was the day before April fools we were tossing about suggestions for pranks we could play, Things got rather silly and we were laughing pretty hard, he tried to lead me into a natural top turn, only laughing so much I missed the lead so he tried to manouver me around anyway (I dont find it offensive if its someone I know who is just playing around, and the floor wasnt too crowded anyway) and my thigh somehow came in direct contact with his *ouch* bits :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
I didnt connect hard enough to hurt him, just enough to stun him :lol: :lol:

I wanted to run! I actually thought about it :lol: but He just laughed it off :oops:

The same teacher who was lifted into the air and landed on her own foot, in the same theatre arts routine--there was a little swivel, fan kind-of step, that involved her knees, and while practicing....

[swinginstyle]

Once I broke a girl's nose during a swing song. I led her in a free spin, then went down into the splits. Well, she looked down (wondering where I was) as I came up.

Accidently caught a girl in the nose, nothing broken fortunately, the first time I visited a studio.

Not too particularly embarassing, but whenever a lady's heel gets caught in my cuffed pants.

[cocodrilo]

Swinginstyle-
It's more embarrassing when YOUR OWN heel gets caught in your trousers! Happens to me often. I hate wearing stockings, so I always dance salsa in jazz pants. When I wear my jazz shoes, this never happens, so it's a safer way to dance quick salsa!!!

[johnnywalker]

I elbowed a girl in the face while dancing casino/rueda. I promptly guided her off the dance floor wearing one of those uncomfortable smiles on my face as others stared. She was fine but spent the next 15 minutes nursing her wound. She graciously forgave me but i'm sure she tensed whenever she was partnered with me. Also in the same dance i've kicked a couple of people. I believe i've been given the nickname 'killer.'

[ShyDancer]

Saw this recently..

A student and teacher practicng Rumba, Teacher was explaining about arm styling and then proceeded to lead his student into a closed hip twist...not sure exactly how she managed it but I figure it had to do with bring her arm in too late, her fingers went into his belt! She of course tried to yank them out quickly and pulled him off balance. The poor girl was so red, I suppose it didnt help her any that myself and a friend were watching her and trying hard not to laugh!

I now harbor a fear of hip twists!

[DWise1]

Well, let's see.

Could it have been in class when I lost my balance in the middle of a spin and I had to crab-walk on my hands to keep from landing flat on my butt?

Or could it have been class when we were executing a tricky double turn and I accidentally struck my partner in the side of the head with the heel of my hand? Not hard, but enough that she could definitely feel it. I apologized, of course, and then when she came around to me again in the rotation I promised not to hit her again. Well, I did hit her again, entirely by accident. I don't understand why, but she would dance with me again after that.

Or could it have been at a Balboa workshop where my partner was to do an inside turn while I did a turn into a come-around. She apparently went a bit off course and the moment I started to come out of my turn we collided with a full body slam.

Or could it have been in my very first dance classes, intermediate Salsa (yes, I started out from scratch as an absolute beginner with intermediate Salsa). The instructor had us do this move that involved us ducking under the girl's arm to get to her outside for whatever was next. My partner was a very muscular karateka (and she was also hard to lead, even for the instructor) with large breasts. When I tried the move, I was struck in the head by a very soft blunt object. Even my wife, who had witnessed the entire thing, was laughing hysterically.

Yeah, that last one had to have been the most embaressing moment for me.

[goldfish]

ahahaha i love this thread. people in the office have been asking me why i'm smiling at the computer. trying not to crack up.

the best was when i lost my shoe doing the charleston, god knows how i kicked, but one shoe flew off and narrowly missed another couple. that same night, it flew off again, but this time it was in a circle jam, after i was lifted. when i landed my partner carried me off whilst i kicked my bare foot :oops:

another time i was trying to lead, turned the follow a couple of times, and tried to do a double turn myself. i didn't spot, lost my balance, and went careening towards a glass door. my nose was half an inch from it before said follow grabbed my hand, yanked hard and rescued me.

just last night i didn't carry my weight in a low dip and got dropped. nearly took my lead down with me too, we were struggling to get off the floor. now this happened three times in one night, with three different men. you think that after they saw me mess up a dip on the dance floor they wouldn't want to try it themselves (or that i'd figure out the balance issue), but nooo...

[squirrel]

:) I had one of those 'top' problems...

I was dancing with this guy (a very good friend of mine and an excellent dancer) on a fast salsa ("Aranca en fa" of Sonora Carusselles) and I was wearing one of those back-less tops... Around the neck kind of stuff... so, the guy puts me into a dip, and my right breast slips off the top! My friends were waving to us as mad, but we were having such a great time, that we didn't notice! We just clicked and couldn't pay attention to anything else... so, I dance and spin and CBL with one breast out for like 3 minutes... we finish with a perfectly chosen dip (which only worsened the problem), we hug and then we're off the dance floor... the disco was already half empty, only the usual salseros and salseras remained... everybody knew both of us... so, I walk off the dance floor, happy, with one breast out! My friends are waving like mad by now... I see them finally and wave back... they try to show me what had happenned, I keep on smiling and then I look down! Oh my GOD! I was sooooo embarassed...

[cocodrilo]

The "Janet Jackson" effect, eh? Hope no one tried to sue! :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

So when are we going to get to dance? :wink:

[squirrel]

No, nobody sued... they wanted to see more of the top... :oops: :shock: :lol:

Whenever you want, SD... should I expect you down here?! I promise I'll wear that top... just for you! :oops: 8) :twisted:

[dr daffy]

well, i'm very late for this thread, lol.

my most embarrassing dance moment would probobly be when i totally messed up on my tap dance routine at a concert. i did the completely different thing than the other two dancers who were dancing with me. it was so blatantly obvious... luckily, i recovered and picked up where the other dancers were.... it was bad, lol :oops:

[SDsalsaguy]

Whenever you want, SD... should I expect you down here?! I promise I'll wear that top... just for you! :oops: 8) :twisted:
Don't tempt me! :oops: :wink: :lol:

[pygmalion]

well, i'm very late for this thread, lol.

my most embarrassing dance moment would probobly be when i totally messed up on my tap dance routine at a concert. i did the completely different thing than the other two dancers who were dancing with me. it was so blatantly obvious... luckily, i recovered and picked up where the other dancers were.... it was bad, lol :oops:

Hey. You recovered. That's what counts. 8)

[dr daffy]

hehe, yes, true. i still hope i never have that happen to me again, lol