Do "fat" girls get to Ballroom Dance???

pinkcaddy said:
Except that I was wondering if someone who is very overweight might have trouble with that since perhaps they wouldn't have the muscle mass to match their frame/mass? I wasn't sure - hence the questions.
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There's a difference from being overweight and being so out of shape that you don't have enough strength to move your frame/mass. It's actually possible that skinny people don't have the strength, either, but because they are small their partners can do a lot more for them without noticing.

I would be concerned about teaching aerials to anyone who couldn't already demonstrate some basic gymnastic ability no matter what their weight. I don't know what these skills are, but I'm thinking like ... can you do x pushups (to demonstrate upper body strength), can you do a somersault on the floor (to show flexibility through the spine), can you do a cartwheel (again, strength plus coordination), can you do x jumping jacks (leg strength and coordination). These are just examples, I have no idea what the skill set test should be, what do you think?
 
I think it depends on the aerials. I do lifts in skating. I'm not light (139lbs at 5'4") but I help by holding my own weight. I'm too big to do overhead (aka pairs) lifts, but not by a huge amount--there it's not so much gymnastic ability as a sense of where you are and being able to maintain your frame to help the person lifting you. You also have to have a great sense of timing in concert with your partner--the only time I've ever been dropped from a lift *knocks on wood* it was a straight-line lift that required me to provide a bit of a jump. I was off, he didn't have time to get a decent hold, down I went. I don't know about more gymnastic skills.
 
Given that Pink's original question was actually about doing aerials and not dips (which we can all agree should be self powered), are there videos of, uh, large girls doing aerials with skinny dudes?
 
Joe said:
Given that Pink's original question was actually about doing aerials and not dips (which we can all agree should be self powered), are there videos of, uh, large girls doing aerials with skinny dudes?
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I think you have to look at quite a different Forum for that, Joe... :p
 
elisedance said:
Does anyone have info (measurements) on how clothing sizes have changed over the years?
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Not actual measurements, but ...
I had a couple of very well-made miniskirts I wore in high school that I kept long after I could no longer wear them. A couple of years ago I gave them to my (size 4) daughter. She was perfectly happy with them until she took a close look at the tags ... "OMG they are size TWELVE! I can't wear size twelve! No, no, no, no, no!"
 
Zhena said:
Not actual measurements, but ...
I had a couple of very well-made miniskirts I wore in high school that I kept long after I could no longer wear them. A couple of years ago I gave them to my (size 4) daughter. She was perfectly happy with them until she took a close look at the tags ... "OMG they are size TWELVE! I can't wear size twelve! No, no, no, no, no!"
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Thats hillarious Zhena. I don't suppose she thought about cutting the label out - for her it would already be full of cooties :)
 
Zhena said:
Not actual measurements, but ...
I had a couple of very well-made miniskirts I wore in high school that I kept long after I could no longer wear them. A couple of years ago I gave them to my (size 4) daughter. She was perfectly happy with them until she took a close look at the tags ... "OMG they are size TWELVE! I can't wear size twelve! No, no, no, no, no!"
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I can relate. I got some vintage suits several years ago, and they were gorgeous. And it was something of a shock when I found out they were a size 16 or some such (I think I was a size 6 at the time). I wore them anyway...
 
You ladies are making me feel lucky to be a guy, most of our sizes still corespond some body measurement (actually I'm having trouble thinking of one that doesn't). Just as long as they don't change how long an inch is I should still be able to find my size...
 
Chiron said:
You ladies are making me feel lucky to be a guy, most of our sizes still corespond some body measurement (actually I'm having trouble thinking of one that doesn't). Just as long as they don't change how long an inch is I should still be able to find my size...
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Yes. In that respect, consider yourself very very lucky.
 
Hi, I'm not thin, I can't buy off the rack, but you can still wear those beautiful dresses, you have them made to fit you. I dance, I don't care and you know what, my teacher says that I am more flexable and have better hip movement than the skinny girls.

Just be happy and dance and don't worry about anything. Dancing is good for the heart and the soul
 
Do fat girls get to dance? Absolutely!

I remember when I was just starting out, there was a heavier girl at the studio who had the most fantastic technique, and her body really helped show off her hip movements. I have a boyish shape (straight up and down) so any movements I learned had to be done twice as well to get even halfway to the way she looked.

So do heavier girls get to dance? YES! And they often look fantastic doing it, as long as they work on technique just like the rest of the class. :)
 
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