How did you find Dance-Forums?

[MissAlyssa]

Relating to the "we're international" thread...

how did everyone find this site?

from a link..search engine...referal...etc etc

just wondering!

[SDsalsaguy]

Great question MissAlyssa! Honestly...I don't remember! :(
I'm fairly sure it was by accident, i.e., just following a link from some ballroom website.

[pygmalion]

Shopping for shoes on a website, I found the link to this site.

Then I referred a bunch of folks. Nobody's talking, though.
I bet they're logging in and checking out all the personal and semi-personal stuff I post! :shock:

[verrronika]

I actually looked for it. I couldn't believe I'm the only one out there who likes tango. So I looked. And ta-da :)

[verrronika]

I guess I'm not all that special anymore eh :(

[SDsalsaguy]

You're still special to us! :P

[youngsta]

A link from the salsafreak.com website.

[DanceMentor]

I can't quite remember how I founded it. :D
Just kidding, but seriously, I think this is becoming wonderful place for many people (me included). I really appreciate all the friendly people.
I hope others will let us know how you found us.

[MissAlyssa]

oh yea..duh, I should probably answer my own question lol.

I think I actually did a google search for a dance forum/community.

[verrronika]

*glances at the calendar* Hey, at least we lived to hear it.. 8)

[MissAlyssa]

*glances at the calendar* Hey, at least we lived to hear it.. 8)

shush you! :lol:

[verrronika]

Me???? I didn't say anything :shock: :D
*looks around the floor for her halo*
dammit.. the bloody thing must be made in china or something.. keeps fallin off.. :roll:

[MissAlyssa]

lol. you make me laugh :lol: :lol: :lol:

[verrronika]

quit blaming everything on me :( :P ;)

[Danish Guy]

I was looking for information on Jonathan, prior to his Showboat class.

Google send me by this forum, so now I’m here too. :shock: :D :D :D

[Spitfire]

I was searching for an additional dance related message board and came upon it; sure has grown over the past six months. :D

[Swing Kitten]

I was referred by a good friend... so it's their fault! :D

[SDsalsaguy]

I was looking for information on Jonathan, prior to his Showboat class.

Google send me by this forum, so now I’m here too. :shock: :D :D :D

Really??????? :shock:

I didn't know that...

[Danish Guy]

I was looking for information on Jonathan, prior to his Showboat class.

Google send me by this forum, so now I’m here too. :shock: :D :D :D

Really??????? :shock:

I didn't know that...

Yeah Really..

You can't hide anywhere in cyber space :shock:

[pygmalion]

Moral .... be careful what you put out there on the web. You never know who's watching. :shock:

[samba ajr]

I came to this forum from the Showtime Dance Shoes site. :) They have a newsletter that highlights your most recent topics.

Edit by Dance Mentor - It's ok to display the name of the company, but not the url or a hyperlink. In this case, I work for the above company. I hope that demonstates important it is to me that Dance Forums remains free of commercialism. Thanks for your understanding.

[MissAlyssa]

cool. I always wondered how all of you found it!

[Phil Owl]

Did a Yahoo search for dance discussion forums and this was one of the first that came up for me. :D

[linggg]

http://www.google.com !

[JenSwayze]

I was looking at stuff on the internet from dirty dancing and flashdance sites, and i just kinda surfed on in! :)

[MissAlyssa]

cool! just make sure you don't "surf" right out, we want you to stay!

[JenSwayze]

Theres no way I'll surf on out I bookmarked this message board, hehe now it will be added to my other addictions, lol

[dancergal]

I came to this forum from the Showtime Dance Shoes site. :) They have a newsletter that highlights your most recent topics.

That's how I found it. I clicked on one of the topics out of curiosity and couldn't believe people here were talking about dancing, my favorite subject! :D

[Vince A]

I came to this forum from the Showtime Dance Shoes site. :) They have a newsletter that highlights your most recent topics.

That's how I found it. I clicked on one of the topics out of curiosity and couldn't believe people here were talking about dancing, my favorite subject! :D
Ditto . . .

[pygmalion]

Hey spitfire. I think some of your answers for how people were directed to this forum can be found in this older thread. :D

[SwinginBoo]

Swing Kitten brought me here. :D I'm glad she did.

[Vince A]

I was actually at a dance event . . . and there on the wall of the men's room was this picture of salsa dancers and the guy was wearing a pink tutu!!!

I wondered to myself, "What kind of dance website is this?"

I was hooked ever since!

[pygmalion]

SD, do you know anything about this? :lol: :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

Has to be someone else... I didn't start salsa until 7+ years after the German table dancing incident!

[Swing Kitten]

Has to be someone else... I didn't start salsa until 7+ years after the German table dancing incident!

:?: German table dancing incident?

[SDsalsaguy]

:?: German table dancing incident?
Goes along with Vince’s smart @$$ tutu comment SK. I’m not even sure what thread that was all in – but I’m sure Jenn will tell us…even if she can’t google it! :wink:

[danceguy]

I got an email from Fernando (SR) mentioning the forum. I didn't check it out for a long time, and I'm glad I did! :)

[pygmalion]

:?: German table dancing incident?
Goes along with Vince’s smart @$$ tutu comment SK. I’m not even sure what thread that was all in – but I’m sure Jenn will tell us…even if she can’t google it! :wink:

Seems I've somehow developed the reputation of being an irrepressible googler. Well, tomorrow (oops today. It's 3:30 AM!) I'm turning over a new leaf. I'm going to strive to become a DF slacker. No more googling for me. Ha! :shock: :lol:

[Swing Kitten]

but why?

don't fight the google within!

[Spitfire]

Hey spitfire. I think some of your answers for how people were directed to this forum can be found in this older thread. :D

I'd forgotten that there was already an existing post.

As I mentioned before, I see more new members it seems like every other day or so and wondered how people were discovering this forum.

[SDsalsaguy]

Dance Mentor could tell you... but then he'd have to kill you! :wink:

(Note: at the time of this posting DM's avatar is James Bond.)

[Sagitta]

Salsa Rhythms website, and from Fernando's newsletter. I had tried a couple different forums before on different topics but they all degenerated into a bunch of nonsense. I took Fernando's rec' and swore that if it was bad advice he would have a price on his head. Hehehe :)

Lucky for him that it was good advice! Actually I checked out the salsastreaming website that he mentioned first, and as it wasn't too bad I decided the forum would be pretty good too. :D A good thing that salsa site was good otherwise I would be missing out on all this :bouncy:

[Swing Kitten]

well we're glad to have you with us!

[NeoDevin]

Came in from a search engine while searching for arm styling, it lead me to a post here, and I checked out the rest of the forum and decided to stick around

[SDsalsaguy]

Glad to have you with us!

Just out of curiosity, what post did it take you to? Enquiring minds want to know! :lol:

[NeoDevin]

Not a clue, that was like, 5 hours ago, it's now almost 3 in the morning and you expect me to remember?... I'll check my history

[NeoDevin]

Ok, just realized that was actually yesterday, and I have my history set to reset at midnight, so we'll never know, unless I search again...

[NeoDevin]

This one (http://dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?topic=591)

[SDsalsaguy]

Ok, thanks. I'd just been curious.

Glad that you found it interesting enough to check us out and actually register... :D

[MadamSamba]

I saw the site mentioned on ballroomdancers.com and have loved it ever since! :) In fact, I don't visit the discussion boards there nearly so much anymore!

[Sagitta]

Yup!!! It's become an all-consuming addiction! :) Once I got on DF sppedboat all other forums slipped away into oblivion, left behind in the DF speedboat wake!!! Is that a good thing? :?

[salsachinita]

It has to be!

I found it via a link from Edie Salsa freak's website & now here I am. Just can't resist another gathering of the salsa nature :wink: !

Now if only I could get my local salsa site's forum to work...... :roll:

[HothouseSalsero]

I was searching for information on bachata. I would like to learn to dance it in a more Dominican style. I see some dancers putting in a little syncopation, which I haven't figured out. I'm surprised I haven't come across this forum previously.

[Sagitta]

I was searching for information on bachata. I would like to learn to dance it in a more Dominican style. I see some dancers putting in a little syncopation, which I haven't figured out. I'm surprised I haven't come across this forum previously.

Well we're glad that you have found us, and have decided to stay and actively participate!! :) What do you mean by in a more Dominican style, i.e. how do you dance bachata now?

[HothouseSalsero]

The way I started dancing bachata was in a closed position, but not one where my hold body would be in contact with my partner's body--but that's the way it's meant to be danced. What I have observed is that the dancers who look the most impressive doing bachata dance it with some sort of syncopation/hesitation that I don't think I am doing. I am assuming that they are dancing in a more authentically Dominican style. (I have discussed this with a Puerto Rican salsera who knows quite a bit about dance, and she has confirmed that I am probably not really doing the dance.)

It's a Dominican dance (okay, maybe derived from Cuban bolero son--or is it son bolero?--I get mixed up) and I think it's relatively new even to a lot of Latinos in North America. I'm not sure the Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia really know how to dance any more than I (a non-Latino) do.

[Sagitta]

Let's see for me the hesitation is on every 4th beat. Step, step, step, tap. The foot points, and the hip is raised on the tap. Is that what you're refering to? As for closed position if you haven't much practice partner dancing it seems awkward. You can have closed position facing each other. Then there is the closed position with both partners facing in the same direction, either with leader in front of follower or the other way around. When I first started dancing I didn't do much closed position with body contact. Now it just seems to happen naturally depending on the music. I think the fact that I'm comfortable moving to the music with someone else just translates into this happening.

[dancersdreamland]

I don't have a clue how I stumbled upon DF...I think I must have been searching for something dance related and just fell right into it. Been delighted ever since! :D

[Sagitta]

I don't have a clue how I stumbled upon DF...I think I must have been searching for something dance related and just fell right into it. Been delighted ever since! :D

And you have been a dreamy delight ever since!! :)

[dancersdreamland]

:oops: :oops: Thank you! I really need that today! :oops: :D

[SDsalsaguy]

Heck, why stop with dreamy delight? Don't you mean a dancer's dreamy delight? :lol:

[dancersdreamland]

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

[SDsalsaguy]

:wink:

[peachexploration]

Searching for information regarding Salsa tips and saw SalsaRhythms post for "7 Tips To Master Salsa Dancing" . :D

[Jmatthew]

I occassionally DJ a mixed ballroom-latin-swing night here in town, but my collection of Cha-Cha music is pathetic, so I was searching for "Cha-Cha music" and discovered your boards. :)

[dancing_moogle]

I was surfing the internet for tips on partner searching, and then I read a thread about partner search websites. Just joined not too long ago and glad to be here. ^_~

[SDsalsaguy]

I was surfing the internet for tips on partner searching, and then I read a thread about partner search websites. Just joined not too long ago and glad to be here. ^_~
...and we're glad to have you here! :D

[turtle]

I was looking for tips for learning to dance... but honestly i was just looking for some encouragement, so i would have the confidence to get on the dance floor. Google... and it certainly worked wonders.

Too bad it's so stinking addictive.

[SDsalsaguy]

I was looking for tips for learning to dance... but honestly i was just looking for some encouragement, so i would have the confidence to get on the dance floor. Google... and it certainly worked wonders.

Too bad it's so stinking addictive.

Hehehe :twisted:

[pygmalion]

I was looking for tips for learning to dance... but honestly i was just looking for some encouragement, so i would have the confidence to get on the dance floor. Google... and it certainly worked wonders.

Too bad it's so stinking addictive.

What's addictive? Dance forums? Or google? I can relate to either or both. :oops: :lol:

[dancin/dj]

found this link from salsafreak :lol:

[dancin_feet]

Was searching for tips on turns and spinning and found one of the threads here. As soon as I discovered what I had found, I joined up immediately!

:D :D :lol: :D :D

[SDsalsaguy]

That's great to hear df! Great "initials" too... how can df go wrong joining the DF? :lol:

[MapleLeaf Salsero]

I used to (and still do) go to this Portuguese forum to read the salsa related posts. I really enjoyed reading them, lots of fun and interesting stuff. I never signed up though, I was just an "unregistered visitor". Anyway, since I enjoyed the forum so much, I started thinking there must be other interesting forums out there.

I searched the Net a number of times and never found anything I liked. :cry: I was so desperate that I even checked out a Dutch forum. Most of the posts were in Dutch which meant I didn´t understand a word. The English forums weren´t any good either. I had given up hope when I tried a google search for the last time . Somehow, I clicked on the right link and got here. :D

What I found on this forum was much more than what I had expected. I never knew there could be so many interesting threads, with such great advice from people who obviously knew what they were talking about. I was hooked! I only wanted to become an unregistered visitor but after a month I couldn´t stay away, so I signed up. :D :D

[LauraB]

I got here from a link on Steve and Larinda's website. Haven't been able to stay away since!

[SDsalsaguy]

I only wanted to become an unregistered visitor but after a month I couldn´t stay away, so I signed up. :D :D

Haven't been able to stay away since!

Hehehehe :twisted: :wink:

[LindyQuest]

I think I was looking for dance shoe sites, and I found a list of dance-related sites, with Dance Forums listed near the top. So I bookmarked the page, and I browsed through the messages a while before I signed up. After a few days, I signed up, and now I'm passing the word on to my friends. :D

[PaulaAbdulFan]

I was looking for info on Paula Abdul.

What else? :P

[pygmalion]

PaulaAbdulFan. You haven't checked in in two days. where are you? Are you okay?

[Vita Rara]

Google. Search string "argentine tango phpBB" worked like a charm.

Mark

[Estella]

I found it in another forum because someone put in a link to DF! :lol:

[DanceMentor]

I REALLY enjoyed reading the posts in these threads. It seems the word is spreading through forums and links and even search engines. That's great! Better still, we have some great people here who are making some excellent posts. :D

[Neil]

I used to follow rec.arts.dance back in the 1990's. I heard about web based forums back then, but I preferred the usenet. Then, I got a new car and found discussion forums of fellow enthusiasts of my model. I liked it once I got used to it, so, last week I googled "dance forums" and this site was at the top of the list. There wasn't much else there.

Didn't Dancevision have a board too? I can't find it now. It's a shame that all these message boards have splintered the on-line dance community. It would be huge if we all got together at the same place.

[DanceMentor]

Neil, you are probably thinking of the DanceScape Forums (http://www.dancescape.com/mydancefriends/). They have a great community over there too, but I'm a little biased toward the Dance Forums.
(hmm....I wonder if they would let someone post a link to the Dance Forums from DanceScape?)

[pygmalion]

Dancescape is nice, too. I am totally biased, but I have to say I prefer DF because it's smaller and more personal, and tends to have fewer mean rants when people disagree.

[SDsalsaguy]

Yeah DanceScape's forums are OK too... but almost every thread seems to turn into some type of sniping from anonymous posters. Also, even though they're bigger in absolute size our activity level (i.e. posts/day/week/month) is currently much, much greater.

As far as being able to post a link to the DF, I seriously doubt it! There standing policy is to delete any links or even references to non-DS-aproved sponsors. That was actually one of the things that first atracted me to the DF... that people could actually have conversations and mention other sites, etc., as called for by the subject... without such references being deleted. DS is a great site but, first and foremost, it is also still a business... the DF is something different.

[SDsalsaguy]

So... we've had a *lot* of new members join over the past few of months and enquiring minds want to know, how did you find the Dance Forums?

[ShyDancer]

I believe I found it through a search on google.

I dont recall what I what looking for...I dont even remember how long I have been here. Poor brain.

[ShyDancer]

Aha! I joined on 14th Feb.

How appropriate! My love-affair with DF began on Valentines day!

[SDsalsaguy]

How appropriate! My love-affair with DF began on Valentines day!
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[pygmalion]

I wonder if any of the new members received a DF business card or flyer...

[cl5814]

I believe the one and only google send me this way........

[DancePoet]

I found DF through the website of the studio where I take lessons.

[MacMoto]

I believe the one and only google send me this way........
Ditto. Can't remember what I was looking for.

[squirrel]

my partner found it... have no idea how! :)

[mambo_munkey]

Relating to the "we're international" thread...

how did everyone find this site?

from a link..search engine...referal...etc etc

just wondering!

I found this through google. I was looking for information on Argentine style Tango and I ran into this site. I didnt sign up till later after I had watched "Shall We Dance?" It's a great movie btw...

[DWise1]

Google. Though I forget what I was Google'ing on. Pretty sure it had to do with Swing.

[Twilight_Elena]

I was googling something ballroom-y, I believe. Saw a few threads, liked what I saw. Signed in. Got hooked up. :P :P :D

Twilight Elena

[Sagitta]

I believe the one and only google send me this way........
Ditto. Can't remember what I was looking for.

Tritto.
:lol:

[delamusica]

I saw the link on one of the emails Showtime sent me.

[Rosa]

I was searching the Net for salsa sites, like most others here I can't remember what I was specifically looking for... but once I started reading I was hooked! 8) :D

Rosa :)

[ReneeJoan]

I met tacad at a dance party, and he told me about it.

[chandra]

Shopping for shoes on a website, I found the link to this site.

Then I referred a bunch of folks. Nobody's talking, though.
I bet they're logging in and checking out all the personal and semi-personal stuff I post! :shock:

Same here.

[leftfeetnyc]

Westiemonkey.com

The site is now defunct, but on occasion the material on here pertaining to WCS was quoted. When I started doing promotions for a local monthly dance I joined up to advertise (ek, I'm bad) but got sucked into posting in the swing thread before ever getting around to posting the party.

Of course, I don't help market the party any more but am still here!

to replace Westiemonkey, we now have whydance.com, of which I am a moderater, and I'm now the one bringing in quotes from DF as talking points. Vince A had some interesting thoughts on connection over footwork as a starting point for beginners that spurred a conversation over there.

Since joining, I've also gotten to meet people. I met D Nice in Reno at the Reno Dance Sensation and have been at the same dances as Randommysh although we keep missing one another. Lily is another dancer I've met through DF.

[pygmalion]

westiemonkey is sorely missed. (Yes. I used to lurk there. :oops: ) But whydance.com is a blast.

I think that's one of the cool things about belonging to a forum. You get to meet lots of people and get hooked up with many online and offline resources.

[leftfeetnyc]

Funny hijacking story:

Fridahy night a bunch of us from Whydance.com head over to a studio to get our West Coast on. I'm running late, show up, and the creator and owner (Michael) of WHYdance is sitting in the lobby talking with a hustle dancer.

They had known each other about 8 months ago when Michael first moved to the city, and during their conversation before I had arrived, it dawned on the guy that this Michael and the Michael from WHYdance were the same guy.

So I get introduced, the guy stares at me and goes..."oh, you're THE Christina, the one from WHYdance."

Who knew I was such a celebrity!

I really got sucked into the WHYdance board because I missed Westiemonkey. We had a great archive and resource, so we're having to rebuild the entire concept. It's working though, even if I have to have conversations with myself to get things rolling.

I'm like the Pygmalion of WHYdance, way too many posts ahead of the other members!

[pygmalion]

Not for long. :tongue: :lol: :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

I'm like the Pygmalion of WHYdance, way too many posts ahead of the other members!
"The Pygmalion" -- I love it!!! Maybe that should be the Rank title for anyone over 20,000 posts on the DF? That wasy it will be both her screen name and her rank (soon)... and it'll be a looooooooooooooong time until anyone else ever qualifies for Pygmalion status (although there'll always only be one real Pygmalion!)!

[leftfeetnyc]

I love the idea! But it's very important to have the "THE" infront of Pygmalion.

And girlie...I will make sure you don't catch up with me on WHYdance...I have the power to delete posts...and I will abuse that power. Just call me Bunny.

[randomMysh]

I got sucked into DF from a Showtime email. Fun stuff! :)

[pygmalion]

I love the idea! But it's very important to have the "THE" infront of Pygmalion.

And girlie...I will make sure you don't catch up with me on WHYdance...I have the power to delete posts...and I will abuse that power. Just call me Bunny.

ROTFLMAO!!! :lol: :lol: Okay, evil one! :wink: :lol:

[Sagitta]

About 2 years to catch up to 20,000 I figure... :wink: :)

[pygmalion]

I'm like the Pygmalion of WHYdance, way too many posts ahead of the other members!
"The Pygmalion" -- I love it!!! Maybe that should be the Rank title for anyone over 20,000 posts on the DF? That wasy it will be both her screen name and her rank (soon)... and it'll be a looooooooooooooong time until anyone else ever qualifies for Pygmalion status (although there'll always only be one real Pygmalion!)!

Thank you. Thank you. :wink: :lol:

[leftfeetnyc]

About 2 years to catch up to 20,000 I figure... :wink: :)

Nah, I'll just start a thread for myself in which each post reads: "post" "another post" "catching up" "talking to myself" "la la la la la" "another post" "post" "post" "post" "one more" "and another"

I'd catch up quickly.

[Katarzyna]

Soemone from the OTHER board told me about it... Few months after I stopped using the OTHER board because of being annoyed...

[Sagitta]

About 2 years to catch up to 20,000 I figure... :wink: :)

Nah, I'll just start a thread for myself in which each post reads: "post" "another post" "catching up" "talking to myself" "la la la la la" "another post" "post" "post" "post" "one more" "and another"

I'd catch up quickly.

See, that's not the point. Kind of pointless and waste of time for me to do so. I prefer to participate constructively and let my posts accumulate as they do.

(These little ones...these little ones....)

[leftfeetnyc]

Hey! I have some very good and meaningful conversations with myself.........


Maybe I need to get out more.

[Sagitta]

Maybe we go out and have conversations with ourselves? It amuses my friends when I talk myself through things that I do.

By the way I'm heading to NYC this weekend....hmmm...

[leftfeetnyc]

Good weekend to choose! I'm in town!

Dancing time scheduled for your trip?

[pygmalion]

I love the idea! But it's very important to have the "THE" infront of Pygmalion.

And girlie...I will make sure you don't catch up with me on WHYdance...I have the power to delete posts...and I will abuse that power. Just call me Bunny.

Hmmm. That reminds me. It's time to go post a few (thousand) things at whydance. :twisted: :lol:

[Sagitta]

Good weekend to choose! I'm in town!

Dancing time scheduled for your trip?

YUp. I have decided to do it. Anything going on? I would like to meet dfers even if I don't dance WCS.... Well I dance but I don't do the WCS. If you don't mind and know cha cha I could do a cha cha with ya? What do you say?

[dancersdreamland]

While I found this site quite a while ago and have already posted my response to this thread, I just wanted to add a few comments...

I love DF! I love the online friendships I've formed, the dance community I've been embraced by, and the knowledge I've gained. It's amazing to think here we are...all from different backgrounds, in different areas of the world, with one major thing in common...our love of dance.

I feel truly blessed to be a member of this forum and the sister site. I hope in the near future to see more people respond to this board by saying they found DF from DDL (with the prominent links on my site)! I truly admire this group and am thankful for all of you!

[Sagitta]

Happy to have you too ddl! By the way I seen your pics... nice!! :wink: :) :together: :banana:

[dancersdreamland]

Happy to have you too ddl! By the way I seen your pics... nice!! :wink: :) :together: :banana:

THANKS! :kissme: