Boring studios...

dTas

dTas

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so last weekend my wife and i were invited to go out dancing at a local studio that we haven't been to in years. now i remember why we haven't been there in so long.

studio's have become boring... same old "canned" music, same old "competative" dancers doing their routines on the floor, same old "ballroom snobs" walking around justifying their choice in studios and instructors. old music played through an out-dated sound system *yawn*.

couples whizzing by doing the same step. heads cocked to the left, passionless. no sense of the music, no love for the movement... they might as well be dancing to a metronome.

where's the emotion? the intimacy? where's the passion? it just seems that studios have become so dry lately. a whole bunch of people just totally missing the point. i envy the salsa dancers who have the venues with life and energy. i wish there were places like salsa bars for ballroom.... ballroom bars?

my wife and i love going to local bars with a live band and dancing to whatever music is being played. we don't especially appreciate the smoke, small crowded dance floors, extra loud music and innebriated patrons. but we love the passion, the energy, the life that is in those places. people are there to kick back, relax, and just dance with the person their with.

no cares about what the step is, no cares about who's watching and what they might think, no "show" to put on. its about me, my partner, and the music.
 
Consider your location. Ballroom dancers in your AREA... hmmmm... maybe it's time for a trip to the 'hubs' - NY, LA, etc....
 
The ballroom party at Champion this last weekend was awesome. I think people make the best of the general dancing time at the show/parties because it's not constant throughout the night, given that the shows are done in 3 separate acts. Anyway, Saludas may have a point... some scenes get stuck in a rut. I had to move away from the rut that I was in, and am I ever glad I came to San Diego.

Also, my first ballroom instructor always taught us to never go to a party and expect to be entertained... you have to MAKE it a party. People will feed off the energy you give off, and hopefully, they'll all catch the fever.
 
If you aren't in a position to experience the kinds of dance feeling that those claimed oddities of ballroom are intended to enable, then yes, I think you probably would find them pointelss/boring/annoying.

Many dance students may not get much of that full experience, because many details are handing out simply as the proper thing to do, with little explanation of why, or follow through development that would reveal their advantages.

Sort of like the near mandatory pre-calculus class, much of which didn't make any sense, except later to the minority who went on to the optional calculus class. The organization probably could have, and should have, been reshuffled so that details and their justifying applications were developed more hand in hand.
 
its just sad... its places like this (which around here unfortunately is the norm and not the isolated case) that makes dancing seem so "uninteresting" to the general public.

who wants to learn the foxtrot and trudge around the floor or learn to cha cha and look like a idiot. "heck i can do that already... why should i go to dance class to learn how?"

why can't ballroom dance venues become places that people want to go to instead of a place that "dance" people can go and "hide". people should flock to ballroom venues to enjoy the atmosphere and see other enjoying their dancing.

in ways i think we (the ballroom community) have alienated ourselves from the rest of the world. we "invite" people to join the ranks of our upper echelon, given they have enough money... where instead we should be going out "cruisading" to bring dance to those who have not had the opportunity or availability or simply turned their backs to it.

can i have an AHMEN! :D
 
clave said:
ehehehe "come to the dark side, my son!" ;)
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been there... done that... and i still dip into those waters occasionally. but unfortunately its not enough for me, i need more variety.
 
that sounds so sad....:(

i just can't understand that if people do not have the passion, why do they bother....
 
One thing is for sure, most of the 'good' dancers soon grow weary of socials and move to privates and competition.

They, too, see the dreariness of the diletantte groupclasser, doing the same 3 steps over and over.

However, I certainly do not see that perspective about 'ballroom' not being exciting. I just think you are looking in the wrong place for excitement.

Remember, the worse dancer always has the better time.....
 
lynn said:
that sounds so sad....:(

i just can't understand that if people do not have the passion, why do they bother....
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I think some people dance just because it is a nice way to spend time as a couple, not because they're passionate about dancing. These are the ones who always dance with each other and only with each other, and who don't try too hard to learn new things.
 
lynn said:
that sounds so sad....:(

i just can't understand that if people do not have the passion, why do they bother....
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Some people have a hard time showing their emotions while they dance but that doesn't mean they don't have them.
 
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