Dance Quacks

[pygmalion]

While I was out on the web last night, looking for topics, I ran across a web site (which shall remain nameless LOL) that made some fantastic claims about the dance-related products it was selling. I mean, fantastic. If the claims on this web site were true, you could buy certain products and be a great dancer in a matter of very little time -- a few days of applying so-and-so principles, and voila!

The thought popped into my head, "This guy is a quack!" Then it came to me. Dance, in the US and across the world is a multi-billion dollar business. Of course there are quacks out there. Wherever there's money to be made, there are quacks trying to get their share, so why should dance be any different?

Does anyone out there have dance quack experiences? (Please don't name names -- just incidents.) And how can you tell a quack from a legitimate practitioner, especially if you're new to the dance scene?

[Swing Kitten]

magic pill anyone?

[vey]

magic pill anyone?

Yep, could I get the one that'll make me spin like a top :)

[Swing Kitten]

;)

[JonD]

Pre-trained dance shoes? Change the chip and change your dance style. Just step in and away you go .....

[Sagitta]

magic pill anyone? No thanks!! Sometimes you get more then what you wish for... :wink:

[pygmalion]

What is a quack anyway? Acoording to my dictionary, it's an untrained person who dispenses advice. So, to me, half of my dance teachers have been quacks, at least to some extent. They claimed that they could teach me to become a good dancer, but the truth is that they weren't good dancers themselves, and certainly didn't have the training to make me a good dancer. Quacks. Nice people, but quacks. Hmm.