Recent content by tacad

:lol: I just generally look up and say "Oooh, aaah!"

Hmmm. Put this way I don't really want to call what I do faking it. On those rare occasions when I do dance salsa I'm really only interested in the music, and the connection and communication between my partner and me. And that determines how I dance for that particular dance. But I...

Yes, this one. I'll try it out. Hmmm. I don't think I know this one.

I wonder if this (my lack of body rotation) is part of the reason I have trouble getting around on the forward turns in Am. Waltz when I insist on traveling in a straight line.

Whatever it is I have seems to take a lot of work and concentration. With the right teacher I can do quite well. With another teacher I would be forever feeling like an idiot. So I don't think talent is the right word. I do seem to have a natural sense of timing though. But I grew up in a...

I guess I fake the style. I don't do much salsa or practice at all. But when I'm dancing with a partner I cna copy her style a bit.

Atomic Ballroom is in Irvine. The owner is an excellent lindy hopper but I don't know about his ballroom credentials. However, if you go to the ballroom dances on Saturday nights (check their website for which nights) there are many, many excellent dancers there who could tell you more...

When I go to ballroom dances where the skill level is very low I do tone it down. I don't try to hide the fact that I know how to dance either. I just tone it down a bit. On those rare occasions where I've freestyled I've tried some footwork borrowed from dances I know but it has seemed...

Congratulations, africana! :banana:

Hustle is danced at most of the ballroom dances I go to. Once in a great while someone will put on a country 2 step. But mostly we don't dance country 2 step at my dances.

Maybe a reference to the character played by Fred Astaire in "Shall we dance?"? Orchachornia!

:lol: I'm one of those guys who learns the rules so I can someday skillfully break the rules. They were hijacked. :p

Any of the American style or International dances, with the exceptions of swing and jive for some reason. They can't have those. :wink: On a side note, there was a guy from Columbia I met at a salsa club who said he knew salsa but was looking forward to experiencing ballroom salsa at the...

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"puleeeze dance like this"? Sorry, I don't understand. :oops: