best dance

[rebounder]

we have a thread for ur favorite but wat dance are u best at in terms of technique, moves and leading and following. and why.

samba without a doubt. every instructor i've asked has named that as mine. theres at least 2 i can lead through quality reverse rolls. quick pivots and runs with pretty much anyone. only thing i havent gotten around to is leading traveling samba walks.

[WaltzElf]

The Viennese Waltz, I don’t know why, but the technique of that dance just comes naturally to me.

[jwlinson]

Our standard dances are by far our best, but then that's what we've spent most of our time on. Within the next few months, we'll be doubling up on our privates, so we'll pick up the slack in our latin.

[Laura]

Viennese Waltz for me too. Just wind me up and I go :)

[Katarzyna]

hard question, foxtrot feels best but lately tango has been getting best results... and started to feel kinda easy too :)

[QPO]

Me too, foxtrot is a good one, we keep it simple but we get comments when we dance it. But the Tango is also one we really enjoy. I love the look of VW but I get so sick when I do it. I have yet to master the my turn your turn thing and go round in circles and get motion sick, so we sit it out :-(

[WaltzElf]

Me too, foxtrot is a good one, we keep it simple but we get comments when we dance it. But the Tango is also one we really enjoy. I love the look of VW but I get so sick when I do it. I have yet to master the my turn your turn thing and go round in circles and get motion sick, so we sit it out :-(



It's relatively easy to avoid getting sick in the VW when you realise that your head isn't actually moving at all. The body moves, and the head changes from looking forward (for men) for the first half then looking backwards for the second half.

Well, in the natural anyway.

[QPO]

Thanks for that, but I am the women so I assume it is the reverse. I will attempt it again, my partner has no issues with the VW. Since we share this profile I should make sure that I write [Y]at the end so people know it is the Fem.:)

It's relatively easy to avoid getting sick in the VW when you realise that your head isn't actually moving at all. The body moves, and the head changes from looking forward (for men) for the first half then looking backwards for the second half.

Well, in the natural anyway.

[fascination]

in smooth=tango and VW
standard =QS, tango, and VW
Rhythm=bolero
latin=paso

[etp777]

I'm ignoring th elast set of lessons, as after that much time off, ti was all review, and can't really judge where any of the technique is now (except that it's all worse).

Before that though, Rumba was definitely my best techniquewise. Still a long way to go, but it was by far the best, thanks in large part to a great coaching (Thanks Nadia!). Still one of best choices I've made towards improving my dancing.

[soshedances]

Lately waltz has come together nicely...so has slow foxtrot, which I'm quite pleased with at the moment. :cool:

The smooth and standard dances come more naturally to me, though I'm trying desperately to improve my Latin and rhythm! ;)

[JohnLL]

My fav dances would definitely have to be cha cha and hustle. If I knew a little more WC swing that would be up there too.

[contracheck]

we have a thread for ur favorite but wat dance are u best at in terms of technique, moves and leading and following. and why.

samba without a doubt. every instructor i've asked has named that as mine. theres at least 2 i can lead through quality reverse rolls. quick pivots and runs with pretty much anyone. only thing i havent gotten around to is leading traveling samba walks.

All dances are pain in the neck, excruciating pain. I've put in so much sweat, toil, and tears but still far from decent. A friend of mine told me yesterday, I wasted all my money and time because I still don't know how to lead her. Had I worked so hard in my own profession, I probably have received the Nobel Prize in medicine by now, and enjoy retired life in sunny La Jolla.

[samina]

The Viennese Waltz, I don’t know why, but the technique of that dance just comes naturally to me.

You have been truly blessed by the dance gods...not me. Still hasn't coalesced for me...bits and pieces but not the whole.

Probly quickstep is my best dance.

[WaltzElf]

You have been truly blessed by the dance gods...not me. Still hasn't coalesced for me...bits and pieces but not the whole.

Probly quickstep is my best dance.


Haha, the Quickstep is the one stardard dance that I really, really struggle with, on all levels, from choreography, to top line, to movement, to floorcraft, to personality.


Swap you for a day?

[GJB]

Probably Hustle and Foxtrot.

[danceronice]

Uh. Even my scores are no help here. I have no idea. I know what's NOT--if I didn't have to do Mambo at all, I would be very happy....

[Wednesday]

Probably tango...Once upon a time it made me look really awkward but now my body lends well to it

[samina]

Haha, the Quickstep is the one stardard dance that I really, really struggle with, on all levels, from choreography, to top line, to movement, to floorcraft, to personality.


Swap you for a day?

It's a deal! :)

[rebounder]

You have been truly blessed by the dance gods...not me. Still hasn't coalesced for me...bits and pieces but not the whole.

Probly quickstep is my best dance.
Hm. must be something wrong. I got it right off the bat by having someone just show me the left turn once. of course i then didn't bother to learn natural turns for a while so i sometimes don't bother to change directions on corners and just overturn the left turn. i don't have any trouble following it either. it's nice for when i don't want to think as much.:tongue:

[samina]

Hm. must be something wrong. I got it right off the bat by having someone just show me the left turn once. of course i then didn't bother to learn natural turns for a while so i sometimes don't bother to change directions on corners and just overturn the left turn. i don't have any trouble following it either. it's nice for when i don't want to think as much.:tongue:

When I hear of others on DF who say how quickly they learned it, I always wonder if it's the same dance, lol. But seriously, there are certainly degrees of technical proficiency. "He goes, she goes" I can handle. Coordinating at a higher technical proficiency to match my pro...it's still hit or miss.

[rebounder]

When I hear of others on DF who say how quickly they learned it, I always wonder if it's the same dance, lol. But seriously, there are certainly degrees of technical proficiency. "He goes, she goes" I can handle. Coordinating at a higher technical proficiency to match my pro...it's still hit or miss. I'm a quick learner overall i've figured out and been told. I usually learn a move, and then modify it cause i always like to figure what else i can do with it.

[WaltzElf]

When I hear of others on DF who say how quickly they learned it, I always wonder if it's the same dance, lol. But seriously, there are certainly degrees of technical proficiency. "He goes, she goes" I can handle. Coordinating at a higher technical proficiency to match my pro...it's still hit or miss.


The hardest thing I found in the V Waltz was the “wind up and spring” action in the top line. By that I mean (again talking about naturals here for a moment), the man steps forward on his right foot, but holds a left rotation on, and holds and holds, and then *snap* it propels forward as the left foot swings through.

When it’s done right it looks far cleaner and sharper, but it takes some doing. And it feels so so so so so good once you nail it.

The bit that mystifies me is how people have such trouble with the fleckerel. It’s crazy-easy, provided you maintain the nice top line and don’t try and turn through the arms.

[rebounder]

The hardest thing I found in the V Waltz was the “wind up and spring” action in the top line. By that I mean (again talking about naturals here for a moment), the man steps forward on his right foot, but holds a left rotation on, and holds and holds, and then *snap* it propels forward as the left foot swings through.

When it’s done right it looks far cleaner and sharper, but it takes some doing. And it feels so so so so so good once you nail it.

The bit that mystifies me is how people have such trouble with the fleckerel. It’s crazy-easy, provided you maintain the nice top line and don’t try and turn through the arms.
vw always feels good provided u do it right.

[WaltzElf]

If you’ve got someone who doesn’t know what she’s doing in your arms though, the V. Waltz is horrible, hard, agonising work.


vw always feels good provided u do it right.

[rebounder]

If you’ve got someone who doesn’t know what she’s doing in your arms though, the V. Waltz is horrible, hard, agonising work.
I've had only one time when that's been true but didn't come out with ur described result

[samina]

I think it was cornutt who ages back described bad VW as "two cats mating in a blender". :)

[rebounder]

I think it was cornutt who ages back described bad VW as "two cats mating in a blender". :)
reminds me of how i usually describe the sound a bad singer. an elephant choking on a log.