Homosexual competitor

BlueBambue

BlueBambue

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My Google-fu is failing me. I am trying to find an example of an openly gay male latin dancer. I need to show some people how a couple can act like they are very attracted to each other when the are definitally not.

Thanks for the help in advance :p
 
We have had a few threads on real versus acted affection in dance. I seem to recall that this came up there a couple of times - why don't you go to the advanced search page and start there?

I would think that its still a sensitive privacy issue though and I'm not sure whether names would be used here even if the dancer is openly gay. It would seem to be too easy to go over the line... (I'm sure someone in DF admin will give you some input anon).
 
well said ED


elisedance said:
We have had a few threads on real versus acted affection in dance. I seem to recall that this came up there a couple of times - why don't you go to the advanced search page and start there?

I would think that its still a sensitive privacy issue though and I'm not sure whether names would be used here even if the dancer is openly gay. It would seem to be too easy to go over the line... (I'm sure someone in DF admin will give you some input anon).
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I concur that we need to be very careful about who is openly gay...I will say this...you can make your point just as easily by finding a brother/sister couple...

as to the staff providing you with names...that may or may not be possible as not all of us are in the know about who is all the way out...what may be known in a ballroom venue may not be known to the remainder of that person's acquaintances...
 
Hello Blue, another thing to consider is that such things are hardly ever black and white. There's a continuum of attraction. So even if someone *is* out, that doesn't mean they don't also have feelings for someone of the opposite sex.

The portrayal of the dance couple isn't just the mechanics of the dance, it's acting as well. You just have to look to stage or screen actors. Plenty of examples of all sorts of roles which are played out where the character bears very little resemblance to the actor playing the part.
 
I'm going to answer this by inverting the question: watch some of the straight dancers who also do same-sex competitions and you'll be amazed at their acting chops.
 
Why not a brother/sister couple? That will be a lot easier to find, and it will make the same point I think.

There's even a brother and sister on Dancing With the Stars, I believe, who used to dance together. I'm not sure if they were Latin dancers, though.
 
I hadn't thought about the brother and sister possibility. That would definitely work to illustrate my point.

I am a total believer in dancers' acting ability. However, I have been unable to convince some of my non-dance friends that you can act like that without some sort of sexual tension going on.
 
Or they've read the hundreds (thousands?)of discussions here about pro-am students falling for their teachers. :) :P
 
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