Have you ever felt overwhelmed on the dance floor?

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WaltzElf

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I'm not talking about feeling intimidated, or nervous or such - that's fairly common, and depending on the circumstances, to be expected.


I'm talking about ever getting on the comp/ social dance floor and feeling overwhelmed emotionally - for example one comp the theme from Gladiator came up for our waltz, and I found myself tearing up.
 
i've certainly been deeply moved *watching* others dance. and i've been deeply connected *during* dancing. and i've been moved to tears by music...but i don't recall having done so while on the floor.
 
I'm kinda like Samina. I don't get too caught up while dancing, only while watching a show dance. However, I will feel a wickedly high feeling while dancing with someone when everything just seems to click perfectly. And, if it's at a social dance, and everyone is watching us, that adds to the high.
 
It's pretty rare... and I've never been moved to tears... but I have had moments with pro (and once with a former buddy teacher) where something we're doing will cause my mind to flash images in front of me... a memory or something...that has completely freaked me out... and I have to stop what we're doing for a minute. This generally freaks pro out and I have to explain... Pro then thinks I'm crazy...and we resume the lesson/dance.
 
Yea it happens, especially because I first started dancing with my girlfriend, well my ex now. So yea, sometimes it just brings back memory, especially when I go to the same place. You'd think they would play some different songs by now since it's been two years. LoL
 
Again, not on the competition floor, but I had tears in my eyes watching Wood and Lewis once. They danced a waltz to one of the Secret Garden waltzes - the first time I heard it. The music was so delicate, and the dancing was just exquisite. The entire room seemed to be holding their breath - no one was clapping for the picture lines or anything. It was just so fragile and beautiful that no one wanted to risk disturbing it.

Until it ended, of course - then the applause was absolutely deafening.
 
I've been overwhelmed by the sensations of dancing once or twice. The most transcendent was dancing with a pro whose lead was so sensitive to where my weight and balance was that we no longer seemed like two people, but one organism. It's hard to describe the feeling I had, like I was simply moving in space to the the music without needing any awareness of where I was stepping, just magically finding myself where I needed to be at each moment. I was literally speechless at the end of it. I don't think I even thanked him, and I always worry that he thought I was rude, but I was still in an altered state of consciousness.
 
I'm with etp. If I ever dance one particular song again with one particular person, I'm going to lose it right there. (Really, what is it with emotional upheaval lately here?)
 
There are definitely a few songs that create emotional disturbance for me due to the events and people with which I associate them. Luckily there are some happy memories as well.
 
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