Spatial awareness in dance
Social dancing can mean collisions and awkwardness, so we explore the issue, and hope for increasing spatial awareness in dance
social dancing
Confused about dance floor etiquette? Top tips to get it right
Social dancing is a casual form of dance. You rock on up in casual clothes, people don’t always wear dance shoes, and there’s no pressure to perform. You’re there to enjoy. The atmosphere of a freestyle is relaxed and there’s a feeling that anything goes. But there is an etiquette. You might not realise it….
How to be a good follower in social dancing
We all have views on what makes a good dance partner. I’ve shared my thoughts previously, and this post follows the same structure as my how to be a good leader post. This post covers in more detail the how to be a good follower. You’ll see that many of the points are similar to…
Think before you speak while social dancing
Some people think it’s a terrible habit to chat away on the dance floor. But does it really matter? Generally it doesn’t bother me. Modern jive (and west coast swing) is a social dance after all. I think it’s good to get to know the people you’re dancing with week in week out. However there…
Bad with names and dancing anonymous
After a conversation with my five year old where he asked me who I danced with, I realised that I’m really quite rubbish at finding out names of dancers. It’s strange though, because outside my dancing bubble, I’m not usually bad with names Embarrassingly a lot of our local dancers from the old days know…
How to get asked to dance
For a social dancer, being asked to dance is a big thing, as is asking someone to dance. I’ve always found you can’t hide away and not ask people to dance. Similarly it’s not the done thing to refuse a dance if someone asks. People do refuse but it’s rare, and I can probably count…
True or false? Debunking dance myths
When they hear I dance, so many people say to me ‘oh I’d love to be able to dance’ or ‘wow that’s brave/good’ or ‘I’m jealous’ or ‘I’d never dance in public’ or ‘dancing’s for girls’ plus a lot of other variations. It seems there are a lot of myths around dancing and I want…
