Dance You Can't Connect With?

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ShyDancer

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So often you hear people say that you need to be able to connect with and express the emotion of the dance.

I find this simple enough with most dances , but with Rumba I just cant do it. It makes no difference who Im dancing with either, I just cant get into the feel of the dance, and lately Ive started having a break when a Rumba comes on.
I find it quite sad as I absolutely love to watch Rumba being danced..it moves me when I see it but I cant generate the same feeling when I dance it.

So.. Is there a dance that you dont connect with? Do you want to or doesnt it matter?
 
I don't connect with any of the latin dances, and so I rarely dance them socially. I mostly don't care any more anyway.
 
I know I'll probably be shot for saying this, but salsa just leaves me cold. Much prefer Mambo.

Could be just lack of practice, I dunno, but I have never really liked it.

Edit: Could also be the bad experiences I have had at "salsa" clubs?
 
Rumba. Totally. I just don't feel it.

Salsa to a lesser degree. I can do it and its ok, fun I suppose. It just isn't my favorite. I would much rather do mambo or samba.
 
I have to agree with both dancin_feet and motardmom...give me Mambo any day over salsa!
I didnt like my club experience with salsa either and as a result I stopped doing it altogether (until a few weeks ago when I danced one and couldnt get into it..it was awful and just set imy mind further in stone to just stay away!)

Im glad Im not the only one who cant feel Rumba motardmom!
 
HUSTLE!!!!!!!!!! :headwall: :headwall: :doh:

The one dance I just can't stand...I've given it several tries and just hate it! I'm not a big fan of Waltz either... :?
 
I am intrigued by Laura saying she just can't connect with the latin stuff, and wonder why?

I really have problems connecting with Merengue. I can't fully explain it, but the style just seems unnatural to me, the music is definitely not my favorite, and not being able to feel much through the music makes it tough for me to dance.

I have been learning a bit more Mambo, and have finally begun to appreciate more. I'm wondering if I will have the same experience when I take up some salsa. The same with Samba, yet this one seems to border on my dislike of Merengue.

Yet I really like Cha-Cha and Rumba, and have begun to get into Bolero as well. I might even give Paso Doble a whirl sometime.
 
DancePoet said:
....I really have problems connecting with Merengue. I can't fully explain it, but the style just seems unnatural to me, the music is definitely not my favorite, and not being able to feel much through the music makes it tough for me to dance.....
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Note to self: Must merengue with DancePoet. :raisebro:

Not feeling foxtrot, quickstep, jive or waltz. Love to watch others do it but doesn't do it for me. :(
 
peachexploration quoted DancePoet: "....I really have problems connecting with Merengue. I can't fully explain it, but the style just seems unnatural to me, the music is definitely not my favorite, and not being able to feel much through the music makes it tough for me to dance..."

And wrote: "Note to self: Must merengue with DancePoet. :raisebro:"

Are you kidding? I am horrible at this. But if you have something to show me, and can lead me, I'll try to be open to the experience. Ok?

And then wrote: "Not feeling foxtrot, quickstep, jive or waltz. Love to watch others do it but doesn't do it for me. :("

Oh my, must dance a waltz with Peach. Besides, if I waltz with you on a beach before breakfast in an old fashioned inn before that proposal, (remember?) you'll need to know at least alittle bit. ;)
 
DancePoet said:
....Oh my, must dance a waltz with Peach. Besides, if I waltz with you on a beach before breakfast in an old fashioned inn before that proposal, (remember?) you'll need to know at least alittle bit. ;)
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Well, for that I WILL waltz. ;) :lol:
 
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Cool!

Peach, have you ever heard the "A River Runs Through It" waltz? It is one of my favorites! :)
 
Rumba is currently one of my favorite dances to do. I used to think it was so-so, but after finding some great music to rumba to my opinion has really changed. I now "feel" the music so well and when I'm dancing with a partner who feels it as well wonderful things happen. But, in keeping with the spirit of the thread I also don't really connect with Merengue.
 
Hate to say it, but foxtrot... I just cannot connect with either the music or the dance... :oops: :(

I'm not a huge hustle or merengue fan myself, although I had one breakthrough hustle at the Reno Dance Sensation (with you know who Vince! :wink: ), and I have encountered a handful of people I actually enjoy dancing merengue with (my current girlfriend being one of them).

I'm not a particularly big fan of jive either but, seeing as how I've never really done that much of it, I'll hold off on saying that I don't connect with it.
 
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