Category Archives: Culture

Social Dancing – Art or Sport?

Reposted from www.centralhome.com — 2010-12-08 15:31 Recognizing that true objectivity for one’s passion and profession is impossible. I offer here my admittedly biased views on the status of social dancing. The status I refer to is not the amount, quality or style of dancing, but the valuation and classification of dancing in the minds of [...]

Dance Floor Etiquette

Reposted from www.centralhome.com — 2010-12-08 15:09 Let’s all practice dance floor etiquette! Many dancers and many styles of dancing can be accommodated on the floor at the same time. This means that we have to follow traditional dance floor etiquette. Let’s always be courteous and we will all have a great time dancing! Dances that [...]

Dance Floor Courtesy

Reposted from www.centralhome.com — 2010-12-08 15:15 Dance Floor Courtesy is a beneficial tool for dancing on any ballroom floor, however, Off the Floor Courtesy is also a welcome tool. If all dancers were to observe dance floor etiquette and technique, the dance floor would be able to accommodate up to its maximum capacity and still [...]

Bad Dancers?

Reposted from www.centralhome.com — 2010-12-08 14:21 There aren’t any BAD Dancers! Often times, I listen to people make comments such as, “he has no rhythm …. or she can’t follow”. Sometimes the comments are even more harmful, “what do they think they’re trying to do – that looks simply awful”, or “he can’t dance at [...]

Why Won’t Men Ask Me To Dance?

Reposted from www.centralhome.com — 2010-12-08 14:07 This is the foremost question many women ponder sitting bored at a dance event. “Why do I have to wait for someone to ask me to dance?” You don’t! Get up out of your chair, cruise the floor, make yourself visible, walk over to a likely man and ask, [...]