Dr Evil's Dance Etiquette

:lol: it may be shallow BUT hopefully makes readers think and makes them behave differently :wink:
 
If you’re not able to get the steps immediately you’re simply not cut out for ballroom dancing. You should take up tiddlywinks or some
other less taxing sport.
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I wonder how many people stopped dancing because they thought they weren't cut out for it... :roll:
 
I would think quite a few, because you hear so many people saying "I have two left feet", my answer to which is: Okay, so called them "Left Foot 1, and Left Foot 2". Even if I can't persuade them on to the dancefloor, at least I got them to laugh :oops:

In a social dance situation it's best to stick with the people in your
clique, unless you're in unfamiliar territory or you're "new in town".
Never allow strangers to enter your dance circle unless they're
stunningly attractive or have a nice car--that only leads to heartbreak
and cooties.
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We know that this is NOT the right attitude to take :lol: but, as the infamous SalsaMafia website, started by some guys in the UK, I guess to provide a "lighter side" to salsa AND also in response to some of the perceived attitudes of a certain group of London dancers :cry: this could easily be from their "membership book" :oops:
 
Pacion said:
I would think quite a few, because you hear so many people saying "I have two left feet", my answer to which is: Okay, so called them "Left Foot 1, and Left Foot 2". Even if I can't persuade them on to the dancefloor, at least I got them to laugh :oops:
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One dance instructor got a new dog, a Schnauser, whom she kept in the office during class. We wanted to see the puppy and asked her to let him out, but she insisted that he didn't belong on the dance floor. Why? Because he has two left feet.

True story, that.


BTW, on another dance forum, my avatar was two left feet.
 
DanceMentor said:
If you’re not able to get the steps immediately you’re simply not cut out for ballroom dancing. You should take up tiddlywinks or some
other less taxing sport.
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I wonder how many people stopped dancing because they thought they weren't cut out for it... :roll:
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I sure wasn't cut out for it. No sense of rhythm. Couldn't hear the beat in the music. I was hopeless.

Well, I've come a long way in a few years. Even though I still have a lot to learn, I get a lot of compliments, especially regarding my lead. Not only can I hear the beat in the music and follow a rhythm, but when swing music plays I cannot sit still.

So if I can learn to dance, anybody can!
 
ShyDancer said:
I found these and thought they were hilariously funny!

*giggles*

(You will need adobe acrobat reader to view these, and you have to use the rotate button to read both sides)

http://www.uglx.org/guide

http://www.uglx.org/galsguide

http://www.uglx.org/mensguide
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Loved these URLs, ShyDancer!

Jonathan Swift said:
Satyr is a sort of Glass, wherein Beholders do generally discover every body's Face but their Own; which is the chief Reason for that kind Reception it meets in the World, and that so very few are offended with it.
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Glad you liked'em!

Was just going over my Referer: logs for the last couple of weeks and noticed several hits from here--and of course with a name like "dance-forums.com" I just had to check it out.

I wrote those about a year ago when I first started learning to dance. My instructor gave me a (decent, but far too positive-sounding) pamphlet containing various "dance etiquette" hints. For whatever bizarre reason I was sufficiently amused to write a parody... which, after numerous requests, eventually evolved into three separate guides. They're designed to be printed as pamphlets, and I occasionally hand them out at dances when I feel a need.

The saddest part? I've occasionally witnessed people and situations very much as described in the parodied guides. Yes, they're more than a bit "over the top"--but so it seems people are as well. At first I was surprised and a bit dismayed, but then amused by how fiction frequently becomes reality.

Learning to dance is a challenge, but by sticking with it long enough it can become an extremely pleasant and rewarding lifelong activity. My personal wish is that people would just chill out sometimes and have fun with it--too often I see people taking this stuff way more seriously than they should. In particular, single social dancers seem to need a soul made out of rubber...
 
Oh, I know the three people I've shown that guide to where quite amused by it. It's amazing how much humor there is in the plain truthful reality of life.
 
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