Favorite Dance?

JustLiving08 said:
And what is the more popular dance(s) in your area? If the two are different, how do you find venues to dance at consistently? (Aside from group and private lessons)
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Can't say which is most popular, but WCS, Salsa, AT and the ballroom dances do pretty well in these parts.

A few other questions just because I'm curious-
What dance did you start with, or what dance did you start learning because you thought it was the one you wanted to learn? If this dance differs from your favorite dance, what attracted you to that dance versus the one you started with? Are you still learning the dance you began with?
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Began with C&W dancing and became more interested in the others as I progressed with C&W. Don't do much of that now however.

My favorite dance is WCS. The more popular dance in my area is salsa. I took salsa lessons for the longest time hoping that I'd develop more of a liking for it, but in the end realized that I'd rather put my money, time, and effort into a dance I enjoyed more. Often I wished I could like Salsa just as much WCS because there are so many more opportunities to dance salsa socially than there is for WCS. (5 days a week or more for salsa events, on average usually one for WCS. =( )
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WCS along with Cha Cha are my equal faves. I did get into Salsa, but lost interest in it.

I started learning rumba. I was very drawn to the latin and rhythm dances, and my teachers suggested rumba was a good foundation for the others. Eventually I tacked on cha cha (which I also LOVE), salsa, east coast swing, and west coast swing. When I realized WCS was THE dance I wanted to learn, I pretty much dropped all the others. I would definitely like to get back into the dances I started learning, but for now, WCS keeps me busy. =)
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ECS was my favorite dance until I began learning WCS. While WCS and Cha Cha are my faves I also enjoy doing Rumba, Waltz, NC2S, ECS, but have to have at least some WCS for my night of dancing to seem complete.
 
In Scotland I think its Modern Jive (Ceroc) followed by Salsa, Argentine Tango, WCS/Lindy then Ballroom. . . . .

I did some Ballroom as a teenager, but started dancing in my late 40's when I accidentally got involved with American Square Dance, someone at ASD suggested I have a go at Ceroc, which I enjoyed, then someone at Ceroc said I was a natural 'Swing' dancer, so I started with WCS, which I enjoy immensely, tried Lindy - enjoy that too. A lot of Swing dancers locally do Argentine Tango, so I've been doing that for a year.

In between I've repeatedly be approached by young ladies who want a partner for ballroom, I've tried it a not got to grips with it. Started again in the last few weeks, and I think I'm going to get it this time.

Meanwhile WCS is on the back burner. . . . . but I really miss not being able to play with the music, but then again, I need to improve technical skills, and Ballroom is the way to do that.

So much dancing! So little time!
 
The very first dance I learned was american rumba. By far one of my least favorites lol Favorites would be hustle, salsa and bachata.
 
I seem to remember starting with Cha-Cha and Foxtrot,

My favorites now are Cha-Cha, Hustle, ECS, Rumba and Foxtrot.
 
I started off in ballroom and at same time Lindy. Stuck with Lindy and started West Coast Swing about 5-years ago. If you search/google your area, you can usually find local clubs/organization. For example, in Southern California, there's Atomic Ballroom in Irvine (offers all the above) or the Orange County West Coast Swing Dance Club.
 
I started with ECS simply because the class schedule worked for me and I like the music. Then started learning rhumba, merengue, fox trot, waltz, AT and now salsa. My favorites are AT and fox trot. I am hoping to enjoy rhumba more when my proficiency improves. Merengue is my least favorite, although I could enjoy maybe 1-2 dances a night at a social. I live in NYC, so there are fairly large communities to support every kind of dance, especially tango, Salsa/Latin and swing.
 
I started with ECS and basic social ballroom dances. Now my faves are foxtrot, waltz and ECS. A lot of folks in my basic class though foxtrot was boring BUT as you progress it most certainly is not and there's some really cool variations you can try as you gain new skills.
 
In my area is seems like salsa and lindy are pretty popular.

I started dancing Jive because I wanted to do a routine for my wedding (it required a costume change and months of practice). I learned social Waltz at the same time because I wanted to keep my wedding dress on for the first dance and I obviously couldn't do a Jive in a traditional wedding gown.

My favorite dances now are Bolero and American Rumba. I almost exclusively dance American Rhythm now (with some Hustle thrown in for fun), but I still love to Jive when I can find someone to dance it with me.
 
Uhm.
I do tap, jazz, ballet, pointe, lyrical, modern, hip hop, musical theater, performing arts, strength and yoga.
o_o
This site is about like ballroom right?
Oh my bad. LOL.

ANWAYS.
I started with tap, jazz, and ballet at age 2. I still take them along with other classes.
I'm 12 now.
 
I'd say American Foxtrot would be the best way to start because of its simplicity of steps at the beginning level.

My favorite type of partner dance is anything from the International Category, though if I had to pick one, I'd say Rumba. The character of the dance as encompassing every human emotion possible, and going through that range with another human being (a woman, no less!) is always extraordinary and exciting to me.

And if I were you, I'd start by walking into any American Style dance studio and start taking lessons.
 
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