Most embarrassing moments on the dance floor

[Legato Bluesummers]

My Top 2...

1. Elbowing my follower in the face during a right spin. I wanted to die right there!!':('':cry:'

2. Reaching around my followers body in order to grab a hand I ended up with a handful of breast.':shock:'
':oops:

Wouls anyone else be willing to share their pain...?'

[SalseraLaura]

i elbowed al "liquid silver" espinoza in the mouth.....i know it had to hurt but he pretended it didnt and he said it was his fault....he was so nice about it but i still wanted to cry. :shock:

i stood on a piece of parquet that had come loose and it slid under my foot and i went into the splits...except i cant do the splits..ouch

and too many "wardrobe malfunctions" to even mention :doh:

[ChaChaLicious]

i was at a competition once that i couldnt get out of.. i was sick with a fever and had a stuffy nose.. so during a spin, i didnt have time to snort the snot back in and it ended up flying outta my nose and into someone in the audience.. oh man!!!! that was the worst thing ever, hearing someone scream during your performance is the worst!

[macha]

I haven't been dancing long enough to really have many, but I'm sure there will be plenty to share as I battle the ChaCha (chachamacha- hmm... ). I promise I will, too. You all need *SOMETHING* on me for when I get out of line- not that I ever do.

Wait- once at a Lexington salsa club, my sandal slid off and completely across the floor and I had to hop over and get it- but that doesn't really count- when I sat back down (it was really dark in there) at the WRONG TABLE... now THAT one might... especially since my friends were two tables down looking at me like *** is she doing?

[Twilight_Elena]

Nothing too serious, thank heavens. My bra unclasped once, I recall, but I thoughtfully choose my clothes so it didn't even show. :wink:

Twilight Elena

[yola]

i was at a competition once that i couldnt get out of.. i was sick with a fever and had a stuffy nose.. so during a spin, i didnt have time to snort the snot back in and it ended up flying outta my nose and into someone in the audience.. oh man!!!! that was the worst thing ever, hearing someone scream during your performance is the worst!

wow! :shock: ... that's bad
(funny though... picturing it... hahaha (sorry)

[cookie]

I've been dropped during a dip before, though it was my fault: I didn't know how to do it properly, threw myself back too early and didn't support my own weight what was the guy to do?! It was embarrassing and HE got the blame - poor guy.

I also once wore a halterneck top that, after a spinathon i ended up wearing sideways

and worst, doing a turn as the guy dropped to a squat and his hands landing right on my buttocks - that was when i realised i wasn't meant to turn, he was going to turn me at the hip and i was already round. oops.

[DeeplyDippy]

I walked a friend onto the floor, twirled her with a triumphant flourish, caught the laces holding her trousers together and ...

left her standing there with her arse hanging out :D


The snot is the worse story so far :lol:

[Sabor]

i ripped the backseat of me pants TWICE!.. thankfully it was on two separate occasions :lol:

my shoe flew out my foot a few times when i was epilepsy shining LOL

and i was cornered by three women strangers untill my back was to the wall and had to be saved by my friends... bwaahahaa

[David]

i was at a competition once that i couldnt get out of.. i was sick with a fever and had a stuffy nose.. so during a spin, i didnt have time to snort the snot back in and it ended up flying outta my nose and into someone in the audience.. oh man!!!! that was the worst thing ever, hearing someone scream during your performance is the worst!

wow! :shock: ... that's bad
(funny though... picturing it... hahaha (sorry)

I can image it would have been a terrible experience. Although unless it was one of the judges that got hit it probably wouldn't have cost you any points :shock:

As an anecdote though it's a killer... hilarious :lol: Sorry.

Haven't reallly had anything bad happen myself... just the usual stuff which isn't really all that embarrassing. Slips, occassionally a brush of a breast... normal stuff for a lead. Actually, I have had this...

I've been dropped during a dip before, though it was my fault: I didn't know how to do it properly, threw myself back too early and didn't support my own weight what was the guy to do?! It was embarrassing and HE got the blame - poor guy.

... happen a little while ago. The girl was quite an advanced dancer though, she just got a little enthusiastic and down we both went with me landing on top of her. That was a little embarrassing, although she felt way more embarrassed than I did and was appologising for the rest of the night.

I have been elbowed quite a few times in the past, mostly it's nothing but one occassion did result in quite a lot of blood thanks to one of my teeth going through my lip. The girl I was dancing with (a ceroc dancer mainly, a little salsa) was very embarrassed.

[ash88]

I have been elbowed quite a few times in the past, mostly it's nothing but one occassion did result in quite a lot of blood thanks to one of my teeth going through my lip. The girl I was dancing with (a ceroc dancer mainly, a little salsa) was very embarrassed.

Elbows are dangerous things!

My worst dancing moment was doing a forward turn (with my left hand) under her raised Right Hand and smacking her across the mouth with my elbows. I could not stop apologising but she, being the great sport she is, quickly checked that her lipstick had not been smeared (by touching the side of her lips) and continued to dance with me.

Needless to say, the forward turn under her arm was removed from my repertoire for quite some time. Keep elbows down guys!

In a bit of poetic justice, I get elbowed on the nose tonight by my partner when i was turning her. I thought it was going to bleed, thankfully it didn't, but i just didn't feel like dancing much after that. But if you sit on the sidelines and stop dancing, you feel even worse, so i just got back out there.

Then a girl asked me for a bachata and my happiness factor skyrocketed! :D

[alemana]

i've posted about this before, i think.

i was wearing my everyday practice skirt at the studio, rehearsing a number in front of the mirror by myself. the studio was packed with people, though, and i was standing in a very conspicuous location.

i have a tendency to high-step it sometimes for emphasis in salsa, and i did this as i spun around. i caught the hem of my skirt with my heel, and as i put my foot down to break forward on the 2, my skirt came down with it.

i experienced the entire thing in horrified slo-mo.

[Merrylegs]

Oh, I've had a lot of these!

While dancing a Tango, a nearby couple's leader ripped out of my hoop earring. He didn't even apologize even though he was standing there holding my earring! He just handed it to me and kept on going.

I've poked a few people in the eye while dancing, not my partner, just innocent bystanders. So sorry! I followed one woman around all night to make sure she was o.k.

Kinda had a wardrobe malfunction practicing right before a show (thank goodness I had a chance to fix myself before the show) and then some creepy Swing teacher made a very crude comment about my dress. :evil:

I've stepped on myself a bunch of times. What a loser....

I really am very coordinated, really! Ha Ha Ha

[africana]

too many elbow incidents to remember espeically in my frist year and what with those long arms, plus guys nabbing me in return haaha

but I don't embarass too easily anymore despite things like catching my heel on a skirt, even falling to floor on my bum (heck I'll even adjust my bra right there if I need to :P )
example two months ago, my skirt came off onstage towards the end of a performance (deja vu! happened once in junior high)
everyone saw the skirt falling, I calmly stopped right there on the stage, pulled it back up and tied it as I danced off the stage.
Everyone in the audience with laughing WITH me :D

don't get me wrong I still apologize for litle things, like missing a lead or zoning out during a dance, but I don't really embarrass easily like I used to, mostly because I have come to embrace a very casual image of myself (I refuse to be too grown up ;) ) and mistakes are ok as long as I don't hurt other people

[randomMysh]

Has anyone ever BIT their partner on the dance floor?
Here's a little tip: when a guy dips you, do keep your mouth closed....'cause he just might snap you back and not get out of the way of your head (and the teeth) and then you'll never hear the end of the story about that one time when you drew blood during a cha cha.

[ArtsySalsera]

Me?

....All the Usual Suspects

- the elbow or finger hitting partner when I bring my arm up to get it out of the way on a cbl turn and face my partner (especially in the begining of learning salsa)
Apologizing to the inth degree. I value my partners.

- extending my arm to far in a club with a packed dance floor (also in the beginning of learning salsa) Apologizing to the inth degree. I value my partners.

- the drop to the floor on a dip and no apology from the guy.....and it was his fault in this case.

Unsual Suspects:
- a fall in front of the whole class as my teacher was trying to do a trick and used me as guinea pig. I was game, whatever happened.
I wasn't embarrassed as I figured, hey, we're trying something out. I'm learning. If I'm going to fall, then class is the place to do it. Later I was surprised to get a backhanded immature comment from one of the other students (supposedly a grown-up) who doesn't get the concept of expecting falls with tricks that you are trying out especially for the first time.

- bumping into a partner's big stomach that sits out and being bounced away.http://www.online-thecatsmeow.com/images/Emoticons6/lol2.gif

On the flip side
- getting hit in the nose, pain through the night and next two days, Ugh!

- :cry: getting stepped on with stiletto heels in a crowed club (I hobbled to the other side of the floor)

[Josh]

Has anyone ever BIT their partner on the dance floor?
Here's a little tip: when a guy dips you, do keep your mouth closed....'cause he just might snap you back and not get out of the way of your head (and the teeth) and then you'll never hear the end of the story about that one time when you drew blood during a cha cha.

I love it! Laughing out loud for real (at work no less!)!!!

The other night at a performance one of my instructors was wearing a hat and intended to quick-snap throw it into the audience, but he sent it straight into the first row, about 15 feet away, and hit an old lady right between her eyes. The whole audience gasped but he didn't miss a beat :lol:

[Claire_Brummell]

Ooooh....WAY too many to list them all....but here are a few choice nuggets...

When I danced the national championships in London (many moons ago) my partner (who was well known on the scene) and I had three 'special' moves that we'd rehearsed ready to throw in - as most of you know you don't have long and so three was plenty for us. At the time I was quite a newbie to the larger salsa scene although well known in my little region so as we walked onto the floor I got a lot of the "who's she" looks. Well unfortunately my partner was having a very bad leading day. He screwed up the lead on all three of our special moves causing the routine to look very awkward with a number of mistakes...the problem with this being that since they were not moves that were known that the only people who knew that he'd messed them up and it simply was out of my control to fix, were myself and him - everyone else out there looked at me like I should have gone straight back to the beginners class - needless to say we didn't get through the first round. I wanted to stand in front of everyone and say "but I did it right - it was him that messed up the lead so I couldn't do it" as everyone there thought that he'd obviously bought in this new girl who just wasn't up to par. I was gutted - knocked my confidence for a bit - the shame of it was that we'd given a flawless demonstration the night before!! :lol:

Also split my trousers in the middle of a congress (well pontins weekender) when the bottom got caught on my heel before a styling session - oops...

Elbows in lips (yes I drew blood), been dropped on my arse when someone dipped me on a slippery floor etc etc - all the usual stuff - we're all sharing the pain together!

[itorres]

This happened to me at a club one unforgettable night.

When I took my first Salsa lessons, I enrolled in a semester-long course that included a lot of shines or solo work. Our warm-up routine consisted of doing all the steps we had learned to that point before class.

I had no steady practice partner outside class, so I practiced shines all the time. Needless to say, I was almost Advanced doing shines but only mastered a handful of partnered moves and turns. I knew this...but one night in a club, after a couple :wink: of drinks, I get all hyper and start going crazy by myself in a corner, doing my shines and stuff... I didn't really dare to ask any of the girls there to dance as I could see they were quite advanced.

So, it happens a girl there sees my solo work and thinks, "Hey, this guy can dance!" She comes over and starts doing the steps with me. After a minute or so she extends her hand and takes me to the floor... :)

We start dancing and I do my handful of moves trying to mix them up and strecthing the repertoire out. Apparently, she got bored.

So, this b!^(# just stops dancing, turns her back on me and without a word walks off the floor just leaving me there. :shock: Boy did I feel like, you know what... :cry:

Of course, to begin with I could have told her I didn't dance that much when she asked me. I think it's unpolite to say no to a woman and I thought I'd be alright. Didn't think she'd do what she did.

Now, :cry: scarred for life I never ask a stranger to dance. Either I dance with friends or start up a conversation with a girl and establish some sense of trust before I ask her to dance.

That will continue until I get good enough to out-dance anyone on the floor (don't hold your breath ) :wink: Anyway, there are still some who don't know the 1 from the 2 and still criticize you..

Thanks for letting me "vent".

[Claire_Brummell]

That's awful - what annoys me is that people don't think about the fact that they were once of a much lower level too (and that we are ALL always learning) - if people didn't dance with them then, they wouldn't be where they are now.

Don't let this experience stop you hon - not everyone is like this - whereabouts are you?

Hugs,

Claire xx

[itorres]

Claire,

I'm from San Juan, Puerto Rico.

I saw your site. Are you aware of the Puerto Rico Salsa Congress July 24 -30?

Actually, I haven't heard it mentioned much on the Salsa sites. I guess they need better promotion.

http://www.puertoricosalsacongress.com/

Regards.

[kdogg]

This happened to me at a club one unforgettable night.

I knew this...but one night in a club, after a couple :wink: of drinks, I get all hyper and start going crazy by myself in a corner, doing my shines and stuff... I didn't really dare to ask any of the girls there to dance as I could see they were quite advanced.

So, it happens a girl there sees my solo work and thinks, "Hey, this guy can dance!" She comes over and starts doing the steps with me. After a minute or so she extends her hand and takes me to the floor... :)

We start dancing and I do my handful of moves trying to mix them up and strecthing the repertoire out. Apparently, she got bored.

So, this b!^(# just stops dancing, turns her back on me and without a word walks off the floor just leaving me there. :shock: Boy did I feel like, you know what... :cry:


Now, :cry: scarred for life I never ask a stranger to dance. Either I dance with friends or start up a conversation with a girl and establish some sense of trust before I ask her to dance.


A lot of men have a few drinks to gather some "Dutch" courage before asking a girl to dance. While you become unnaturally bold, drinking does affect your dancing ability (especially if you had quite a few). Under the influence of alcohol you probably wandered into another world and didn't give the needed attention to your partner. Since you had a few to drink I can't discern whether she was really rude or her walking away has to do with your behavior under the influence. How much did you drink, man?

[Claire_Brummell]

Claire,

I'm from San Juan, Puerto Rico.

I saw your site. Are you aware of the Puerto Rico Salsa Congress July 24 -30?

Actually, I haven't heard it mentioned much on the Salsa sites. I guess they need better promotion.

http://www.puertoricosalsacongress.com/

Regards.

Hey Ivan - no we're not going to be there unfortunately, but we might be looking to do a Salsa Holiday out there at some point as we've had some requests for it - if we do I'll let you know!!

Claire :)

[Ms_Sunlight]

It's late at night and I'm in the Welsh Club. I've only had one drink, but a band that a friend of mine's in is about to come on, and I'm messing about.

I have an accident. I fall to the floor in agony. I try to get some guys I know, who are standing right by me, to go and get help but they just laugh at me on the floor and they obviously can't hear what I'm saying. They probably thought I was blind drunk. (I don't have words for what I think of these guys now. Not ones I can use on DF at any rate!)

Help denied, I drag myself on my backside across the dancefloor to the table at the back where my other half is sitting. Yes, I drag myself on my backside across a crowded dancefloor in agony with people laughing at me.

I wouldn't have minded but I had only had one drink and was just about sober. If I'd been drunk it wouldn't have hurt so much!

I learned a lot that night. I learned that it's a very bad idea to jump in the air and land on a locked knee whilst wearing high heels. I learned what torn ligaments feel like. I learned how embarassing it is to drag yourself on your backside through a club full of people. I learned what it was like to sit in the Accident & Emergency waiting room until the early hours wearing a purple PVC basque top.

:oops: :oops: :oops:

[cornutt]

A couple of years ago my wife and I entered the Vol State Challenge in Nashville. One of our entries was a solo bronze cha-cha (the only piece of choreography we've learned to date). We drove up that morning, but we hit traffic and were late getting to the venue. When we got there, our solo time had already passed, but the organizers had graciously rearranged the schedule. However, we only had a few minutes to get dressed and on the floor.

Now, we had practiced this routine hundreds of times and done it in several exhibitions already, so we pretty much had it down cold. Or so I thought. We walk out on the floor, and the first thing I notice is that one of the judges is David Hamilton -- who choregraphed our routine in the first place! And to make it worse, he hasn't ever seen us do it all the way through since we were first learning it. And to make it even worse, he'd got that damn grin that he gets when he's up to no good. :wink:

The routine starts with us apart. The song starts with a slow, non-strict tempo intro where my partner does a bit of solo work while I stand off to one side and just pose. When the beat starts, I have a specific number of beats to do cross triples and join up with her. In our club, I have the distances all measured; I know where to leave her when we walk on, and where to stand in the corner for the proper distance.

But the floor in Nashville is much larger; it has spectators on all four sides, and I'm a bit disoriented. So we walk on and, first, I leave her facing the wrong way. (She has to start facing away from stage front, and it took me a moment to realize that the MC's table was on the opposite side of the ballroom from where we came in.) I go back and get that straightened out, and then I walk off in the wrong direction. Oops. The music is starting and I hurry across -- in front of her sight line, of course -- just as she starts her solo work.

So I get out of the way and head to my spot. And then... suddenly I realize this floor is much bigger and I don't know where my spot is! David, of course, sees every bit of this and is snickering. So I pick a spot that appears to be off at more or less the right angle, take my pose, and wait. The beat starts and I start my cross triples. Just two bars into the music, I realize that I am WAAAAAAYYY too far away! Well, have you ever seen those guys do the triple jump in the Olympics? That's what my cross triples looked like!

Fortunately, the rest of the routine goes pretty well and we get a good reaction from the audience (particularly when my wife pinches me in the rear as we dance the fade-out in shadow position). We just missed getting a first placement. Pretty good effort, I thought, but I really wished I had had time to see the floor first. As I'm thinking this, my wife says, "I'm glad we had to come in and go right away." "Why on earth?" I ask her. "So I wouldn't have time to get nervous!" Speak for yourself. :oops:

Ever since then, every comp we go to, I always try to sneak in the evening before and scope out the floor.