Other Dancers in the Family

Spitfire

Spitfire

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I was just wondering how many of you here have members in your family who also dance other then husbands/wives, but includes in-laws. This question also applies to forms such as ballet, tap, jazz, ect.

I'm the only one in mine.
 
pygmalion said:
Nope. Not a one, unless you count dancing around the empty house. :lol: :D
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Jenn, that's the quickest reply I've ever gotten. :lol:

I've yet to try dancing around the empty house. :mrgreen:
 
You should try it, spitfire. It's cool, and frees you from so many inhibitions! :D You can dance like no one's watching, because nobody is. :D
 
My mom used to dance jazz and african dance. Both my parents were GREAT dancers, I'm the only one it was passed down to :lol: My brother and sister don't care to dance very much.
 
I'm the only one who goes out dancing or has ever taken lessons but my sisters and I on occasion really cut a rug... dancing like no body's watching except together and my dad sometimes breaks out with a little two-step when he's being silly. Then I have some great-aunts I got to know better last summer... they do some old tymey stuff... it was a blast to dance with them! I was a little disappointed when they got tired :shrug: understandable
 
My dad and aunt (mother's sister) like ballroom -- they are really traditional, old school. Then one of my cousin's, but not really that many...Maybe they are closet dancers like me. I did not know I liked dancing until this year :shock:
 
I just remembered that a great aunt and uncle of mine both of whom are now deceased did some clogging and put on a demonstration at their 50th wedding anniversary party some years back. Other then this nobody else on either side of my family has had any interest in dancing though they think it's great that I do.
 
It's wonderful that they are supportive of you interests even though it's an interest they do not share... that is a wonderful thing!
 
My parents merengue some, but that's it. My brothers don't dance at all :( . I've tried persuading at least one of them to learn swing/Lindy but hasn't worked...yet!
 
Extra support helps

It's great having more than one or two dancers in the family. My wife and I do ballroom dancing and our 15-year-old daughter (who has danced most of her life in ballet and jazz) has started getting into both the standard and latin dance styles as well.

So now when we go to competitions or shows it's three of us instead of just two. Having such a wide age range involved also makes it interesting. Her energy and freshness are a great complement to our disciplined approach to learning. We encourage each other and are able to push the others harder, especially when someone is tired or frustrated.

Can't wait till she's ready to look for a competition partner. 8)
 
That's awesome Adwiz and Welcome to the Forums! It's nice to have you with us! Sounds like your daughter has some amazing potential-- how wonderful!

btw... your location description gave me good chuckle... very nice to have you on board.
 
Pretty much everyone in my family. Lindy Hop, Steppin, Jitterbug, Texas Hop, various styles of funk, hip hop, etc.
 
d nice said:
Pretty much everyone in my family. Lindy Hop, Steppin, Jitterbug, Texas Hop, various styles of funk, hip hop, etc.
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So I guess it comes to you quite naturally d nice.

What dances besides swing are you into? I ask since most of your posts that I see are are on the swing forum
 
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