do you like to dance

[cathy37]

I love to dance.  I use to teach line dancing.  I can't dance too much now because I have arthritis in both knees.   I can dance for a little time and then my knees start hurting.

[6265AT99]

we do and we used to go out once a week but now not so much but i am trying to teach my guy how to do the waltz for when we get married anyone got any pointers

Maybe find a DVD that shows the movements and cut out footprints to follow along!!!

[kapeh12]

we do and we used to go out once a week but now not so much but i am trying to teach my guy how to do the waltz for when we get married anyone got any pointers

I love to dance and hope to get back to competition some day too.  Right now I'm focused on balancing my body and learning figure skating.  I'd love to do both ballroom and figure skating as they would serve to balance my muscle movement nicely.

Tips for you and your fiance. 

The Frame -

For him - One trick to get a good frame is to keep his right elbow up.  The trick is to point the fingers of his hand downward on your back.  He does a gentle "karate chop" under your arm, closes his palm about your shoulder blade, then angle his fingers to point down your back.  In that position is physically harder to drop your elbow. 

For you - make sure your left shoulder sticks into his right hand.  It's the follow's job to maintain the connection.  The lead provides the connection, the follow maintains it.

After that connection is set, his left hand should gently hold your right hand at a comfortable level between his eyes and yours.

For walking -

For him - Tell him to walk straight at you.  Don't try to "duck waddle" - that is try to step around you for fear he'll step on your feet.  Stepping around you actually increases the chance of stepping on your feet.  If he walks straight at you, I'm sure you'll be more than happy to step back out of his way.  The step is like regular walking - heel to toe.  Nothing fancy at this level. 

For you - You may want to practice walking backward - toe to heel, and that includes lifting your toe at the end of the step before pulling your foot back.  If you leave your foot flat on the ground, he will step on it.  It's literally walking backward - the full motion.  When you think about it, when you walk forward, your heel hits first, then your foot rolls flat...so when going backwards you need to reverse this exactly.

Don't back lead -

For you - Basically if you step before he finishes his step - you are back leading.  If you think you are doing this - the easiest way to break the habit is to close your eyes.  That way you only have what you feel from him through his frame to tell you where to go and what to do.

Strengthen the connection -

Spend some time together just practicing the hold.  Just get into the waltz hold with the above tips, and start by just standing and swaying to test the frame connection.  You'll know you have a good connection when you sway smoothly whichever way he turns. 

Once you have that, then simply walk around the room.  Forward, backward, sideways.  This gives him practice and confidence leading you without having to think of music, timing or "steps"; and gives you practice at maintaining that connection.  The goal is to be connected to the point that wherever he chooses to go, you feel there's only one option for you to go.

Once you have the connection - then see how well the waltz steps work for ya.   

Good luck!

[jcalexis]

I like to dance especially with someone who does know how to dance.

[LuckyDeutch]

I love to dance. Ive won a lot of dancing contests too. Now I have noone to dance with except my dog or by myself. I dont go out with my hubby anymore because he is on oxygen. he doesnt go far either so I make the most of it and the only time I dance now is when noone is around or if its just my hubby and I. he LOVES and enjoys seeing me dance. but the only time I dance in front of him is when Im drinking because I dance best then!   

[rricardi58]

I do not really like to dance as I find it utterly exhausting and I usually feel sore for several days later.  Plus I am kind of clutz while dancing.  In fact I am a clutz in any kind of physical activity.  Having Asperger's Syndrome makes it a challenge for me to engage in any sport's activity or even watch it as I cannot follow what is going on.  The motion is too fast for me to
capture what is going on.  For example in baseball, while in school, I was told, keep you eye on the ball.  The problem was that I could not see the ball while it was in motion to know when to hit it.  I had to guess or go by feel, which was usually wrong.

[tjung10]

I used to cut a mean rug back in the 80's. But not so much anymore! LOL

[bigfoot951]

I don't know if it would be fair to say I don't like to dance since it is to the point that I don't dance.  I use to tell my friends that if they saw me dancing then they needed to pull the car around because I was so drunk that they needed to get me out of there.  I don't drink anymore so I can promise you that you won't find me dancing.

[briannajeanxo]

ive never gone out dancing but i dance while cleaning and dance with my children..but i do enjoy dancing.

[Lindaroof]

I love to dance, although I am not very good at it, but hey I have seen some of them moves of others and I probably am not all that bad. LOL

[ancmetro]

      Times have changed! Now I dance solo...I love Zumba!

[jmc1982]

love to dance. Try to go once a week at least