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There are a lot of cheap rental of proper ballroom dresses here (think $50-$100 for a $800-$1500 dresses). In fact if anyone is willing to pay rental for my older gown I'll probably be quite happy to do it. A lot of ballroom dancers are left with gowns they cannot use or got too bored with to...

Nothing wrong with doing social. My point is people do comps because they want to place well/win not ? Every time I go to a competition there is that expectation that I wish to at least compare myself against other competitors. If I just want to dance and improve not worrying about my...

Once one is in the open the competition for placings can get really tough. Sometimes it is difficult enough to make semi finals because obviously good couples keep on coming from lower levels. How do you keep motivated and not feel like progressing and not stuck at the bottom of the ladder ...

Giving a follower a stronger lead is like when you are trying to explain to someone about something and they do not understand you so you just yell louder and louder and LOUDER. They still do not understand you but now they get incredibly annoyed at your rudeness...

Feather step in Foxtrot and Natural turn in waltz. We have many lessons in which we just go over these 2.

How often do you think is the optimum number of comp to do for amateur couple ? There is 2-3 comps here every month. For us max once a month and even then it feels a lot. How often do you do comps ?

I have always been taught there are only a few 'moves' in ballroom foward, backwards, sideway and rotation. That is all a woman need to know ;)

The situation is like this. In general both partners split lessons and comp fees equally. However both partners really want to go for a big interstate comp or take lesson from an international coach. One partner can’t afford it even tho he/she really want to do it if he/she can. The other...

In a long term partnership, how far will you go to help your partner financially if he/she is on an income not able to support the dancing to a level that you want ? Will you pay for some lessons, help out with travel, help pay for dress/tails etc ? Have you done this before ? The partner is...

Thank you so much guys ! It really is a very beautiful song and I can dance better to it now I understand it.

Why doesn't he find someone his own level ? If the answer is there is no one around well ... I do this at one time just train with a partner who never dance before. But it was either that or not dancing. So I didn't whinge and pay my 50 % share every week. It is not his fault and was my best...

The question is why don't do Pro-Am instead ?

I will not either on the giving on receiving end of paying 100% for lesson. I don't think it is about the money it is about the equality of the partnership. I also won't split other than 50/50 based on skills who is it to judge who is better than who by what percentages ? I will however...

Hi, I really like this waltz song Lost in Love by Tong Li in Ballroom Stars 4 CD however I think it is in Chinesse ? Can anyone tell me what is the lyric translation to this song ? Thanks !

Or you can look at it as the instructor does not want to hurt your feeling hence the white lie and further stupid white lies. I have been in the similar situation where I said something wrong by mistake (not intentional) I was just too stress at that time and didn't even realise what came out...