Dancing with colleagues

[Pacion]

How do you feel about dancing with colleagues at work events? Are you the same as if you are at a club/social or are you a bit more subdued?

I think I have only danced with one of my bosses, years ago. :lol: I was a bit subdued. It was drilled into me that you are still at work, when at work events/parties, therefore "best behaviour" at all times :lol:

[Jack]

we always dance together at the office xmas party

[Pacion]

Yes, but when dancing can be such a "personal", chemistry filled thing, partner dancing with a colleague :oops: yet, I dance happily with strangers :lol:

[Genesius Redux]

My colleagues are a bunch of academics. The only thing they get pumped up about is deconstruction. Losers! :roll:

Most of the people I dance with are like engineers, entrepreneurs, MBAs or other business exec types, students, in the medical field.

I haven't seen a lot of lawyers who dance--only one guy who is a terrific thinker and a fabulous standard dancer. Don't know why he's the only one. :?

[Spitfire]

The only dancing that I have done with co-workers was free style type dancing and that was only when I worked for the local National Semiconductor plant which is no longer here; we had our "happy hours" all the time.

I never worked with any other ballroom and swing dancers.

[tsb]

I haven't seen a lot of lawyers who dance--only one guy who is a terrific thinker and a fabulous standard dancer. Don't know why he's the only one. :?

too busy billing hours to become or remain proficient, i imagine. and they probably avoid social venues besides bars (if all the lawyer-related TV shows are to be believed) to avoid hearing all the lawyer jokes we want to lay on them such as:

what's black & brown & looks good on a lawyer?: a rottweiler

[NeoDevin]

That reminds me of another joke :)

What has four legs and one arm?

A Happy Rottweiler

[Sagitta]

I've been a bit subdued...you need to adapt one's dancing to the environment. For instance, toned down fro my cousins in Goa, India - a bit!!

[Sabor]

it dont make a difference to me.. if its dancing environment .. i'm home :D i just switch on.. no matter who is who where or what 8)

[etchuck]

How do you feel about dancing with colleagues at work events? Are you the same as if you are at a club/social or are you a bit more subdued?

My labmates don't dance. But there is one party last Christmas where apparently some dancing occurred. That's where I first observed this weird "Cha Cha Slide" (discussed somewhere else on these forums).

In general, if anyone is there that knows any partner dancing style that I'm familiar with, I'll dance. At said party, someone there knew WCS basics, so that was pretty fun. One of her lab assistants apparently did only salsa. Unfortunately the DJ had none of that... just the hip-hop/popular stuff. Supposedly the next time there will be a dance reserved for us. Until then.

[youngsta]

I dance the same no matter where it is...my coworkers know the deal :D

[dancin_feet]

I have a situation coming up where my boss wants to come along to a big dancing night where I am performing. I appreciate that he is taking an interest and wants to come along, but I am dreading dancing with him more than performing on the night! :shock:

I hope I don't get him in a progressive. It just doesn't seem right, somehow.

[Pacion]

I hope I don't get him in a progressive

What is a progressive? Maybe you will be lucky and not get to dance with him? If you do dance with him, just try and think of it as if you are dancing with your father/uncle, unless of course, he is a Pierce Brosnan/Brad Pitt lookalike :D

[dancin_feet]

What is a progressive?

A progressive is dancing a set sequence in a circle and you regularly change partners.

[Pacion]

Okay, almost like a rueda without someone calling the steps? :D

Is it danced to classical/band music?

[dancin_feet]

Can be anything. Progressive samba, jive, merengue ....... etc

[Pacion]

Sounds great! Does someone demonstrate the sequence first? Please tell me more! How does it work? :lol:

[dancin_feet]

Sounds great! Does someone demonstrate the sequence first? Please tell me more! How does it work? :lol:

Yep, it's demonstrated / taught first, generally fairly simple steps to accommodate all dancing levels. The idea is to get everybody to join in. The more advanced people tend to throw extra little styling and / or spins in as well when they get together. The entire sequence may be about 8 bars long (depending on what you are doing), changing partners in the last bar of the sequence and you start the sequence all over again with a new partner. It's a lot of fun.

I would see it as a simplified version of New Vogue, but instead of repeating the sequence with the same partner, you change at the end of the sequence.

[Pacion]

Sounds good. I might try and see if I can get a salsa version going here in London :wink: Don't have much hopes for it as rueda is not very popular - everyone is more into individual dancing :cry: which is a pity as these group dances can create such a party atmosphere. But, there are a couple of events that are not for the "serious, mafia types" so it might be possible to get something going there.

[Genesius Redux]

I have a situation coming up where my boss wants to come along to a big dancing night where I am performing. I appreciate that he is taking an interest and wants to come along, but I am dreading dancing with him more than performing on the night! :shock:


I know what you mean, dancin feet--it's a strange alteration of relationship when you dance with someone who normally supervises your work. But I would guess that would depend on your relationship at work as well. And if I may be so bold, your boss is probably as nervous as you are--it's hard to leave the comfort zone of a work relationship, especially when you're the one in control (the boss). How much harder to show up someplace where you are so out of control--dancing!

[dancin_feet]

I have a situation coming up where my boss wants to come along to a big dancing night where I am performing. I appreciate that he is taking an interest and wants to come along, but I am dreading dancing with him more than performing on the night! :shock:


I know what you mean, dancin feet--it's a strange alteration of relationship when you dance with someone who normally supervises your work. But I would guess that would depend on your relationship at work as well. And if I may be so bold, your boss is probably as nervous as you are--it's hard to leave the comfort zone of a work relationship, especially when you're the one in control (the boss). How much harder to show up someplace where you are so out of control--dancing!

You would think so, eh? But when I mentioned to him that I was signing up to do this performance (just a heads up so that he was aware I may need to leave early from time to time) he immediately said to everyone else there that there was going to be a company outing to see my performance! :shock: I know he was joking about the company outing (we only have about 5 employees) but he has remained interested since then. If he's nervous about it, it certainly doesn't show!

[KevinL]

That's where I first observed this weird "Cha Cha Slide" (discussed somewhere else on these forums).

My daughter learned "Cha Cha Slide" in gym class and I wanted her to teach me, but apparently the music tells you what to do and she can't remember the routine. Maybe eventually...

kevin

[salsachinita]

Everyone I know have been driven nuts about salsa, work colleagues or otherwise :lol: !

Two stories come to mind.

One of the girls (10 yrs younger than me) that I hang out with regularly now at salsa/R&B clubs used to be my little helping hand at my old work.....we used to bop along to music all day long at work (and I was supposed to set example there :roll: :lol: )!

Yep, I was a cool boss 8) .....!

The other one was also kinda work related.....to my dad.

15 yrs ago, when I did my group class in salsa, dad came to pick me up one night and realised one of his colleagues was in my class (I was the baby there, as no one my age was interested in salsa at the time).
I think they were both a bit embarrased :roll: ..........

[Genesius Redux]

One of the girls (10 yrs younger than me) that I hang out with regularly now at salsa/R&B clubs used to be my little helping hand at my old work.....

I didn't know they let 11 year olds into the salsa clubs down there! :wink:

[salsachinita]

I didn't know they let 11 year olds into the salsa clubs down there! :wink:

........ :lol: Now you know! Our salsa clubs also run child-care facilities behind the stage, so that both their parents can party all night....!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

*.........seriously, might not be a bad idea......*

[cupojoe2]

If he's nervous about it, it certainly doesn't show!

Having your boss think you are good at something never hurts and this could be a great way to turn the tables on him a little. At work, he is in charge, but the dance floor is your domain. :)

I'd say relax, dance with him a couple times -- show him a few new moves. Dancing with you is going to make him look good on the dance floor -- and men love to look good. :wink:

It is a win-win-win situation!