Beginning Dancers' Frequently Asked Questions

tancos said:
I realize that most of the DF folks are into hiring pros for private lessons, entering competitions, and filing for personal bankruptcy, but JoeB represents a huge demographic. There are lots of folks that just want to be confident enough to enjoy themselves social dancing. It may not be good for the studios, but it's still a healthy social pastime.
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Somewhere in between, you have people like my grandparents; you couldn't keep them away from a polka dance. They had two formal lessons, and then learned everything else by going to every dance they could find for over 30 years. They also had one first place trophy from some fairly large competition I can't recall the name of: granddad said it was only because they didn't realize it was a competition until they got there, and they had to enter or they wouldn't get to dance much.

They did occasionally take beginner level lessons in other styles, and the ones they liked, they found places to learn. If the only way to learn had been to pay for months or years of classes, they simply wouldn't have learned at all.
 
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