Salsa dance, the tango, ballroom, Latin, swing, etc. the popular dances for enthusiasts and professionals alike. Why? These are the social dances, the ones that face you off with a partner, challenging not only your own skill and agility but also your ability to be in sync with another human being.
While the best way to master social dancing is to be completely immersed in the movement, an obvious fact should be pointed out: you are not alone on the dance floor. How to dance in a social setting means respecting people's personal boundaries; observing the proper etiquette that comes with any dance routine and generally maintaining accepted social conduct.
The point of these dances is human contact, to establish a relationship with the body. As such, they are held together by certain rules of conduct to aid in fostering social interaction between dancers.
Dress appropriately. This is common sense. If the venue, event, or wherever you are dancing requires formal attire, suit up or dress up. If you are just taking a Sunday off to sweat out in your instructor's dance studio, maybe sweat pants and a shirt will do.
Just do it. You are already on the dance floor, so give it all you have got. Dancing half-way is not dancing, and will only annoy your partner. Executing proper technique and the proper steps or at least attempting to do so, shows that you are serious about your dance.
Wear deodorant, brush your teeth, take a bath, and wear clean clothes. No you don't need to smell like flowers all night; you should not stink. There's really nothing more awkward than ending a dance too early because of body odor or halitosis, not to mention that's bound to ruin any chance of a second dance with a good partner.
Look at your partner in the eyes. Eye contact will help in establishing the connection you need to properly dance with your partner. Social dance is about being in sync with one another, a key to that is eye contact. Not to mention, it will make you more comfortable with one another, making you better at dancing together.
Brush your teeth. Take a bath nobody wants to smell bad breath in the middle of the tango. Social dance is an art form, anything and everything that distracts from it should be kicked out of the dance floor, including bad hygiene.
You don't have to smell fresh all the time, you just have to avoid stinking. That?s bad etiquette anywhere, just especially worse in social dance.
Etiquette on the dance floor isn't as hard as you might think and is, as said before, pretty much common sense. Except for the stricter dances where the rules of etiquette are very specific (like the tango with its system of approaching the partner, commencing the dance, and leaving the partner).
Say, thank you to every partner you had the chance to share a dance with. They will appreciate it. - 31486
While the best way to master social dancing is to be completely immersed in the movement, an obvious fact should be pointed out: you are not alone on the dance floor. How to dance in a social setting means respecting people's personal boundaries; observing the proper etiquette that comes with any dance routine and generally maintaining accepted social conduct.
The point of these dances is human contact, to establish a relationship with the body. As such, they are held together by certain rules of conduct to aid in fostering social interaction between dancers.
Dress appropriately. This is common sense. If the venue, event, or wherever you are dancing requires formal attire, suit up or dress up. If you are just taking a Sunday off to sweat out in your instructor's dance studio, maybe sweat pants and a shirt will do.
Just do it. You are already on the dance floor, so give it all you have got. Dancing half-way is not dancing, and will only annoy your partner. Executing proper technique and the proper steps or at least attempting to do so, shows that you are serious about your dance.
Wear deodorant, brush your teeth, take a bath, and wear clean clothes. No you don't need to smell like flowers all night; you should not stink. There's really nothing more awkward than ending a dance too early because of body odor or halitosis, not to mention that's bound to ruin any chance of a second dance with a good partner.
Look at your partner in the eyes. Eye contact will help in establishing the connection you need to properly dance with your partner. Social dance is about being in sync with one another, a key to that is eye contact. Not to mention, it will make you more comfortable with one another, making you better at dancing together.
Brush your teeth. Take a bath nobody wants to smell bad breath in the middle of the tango. Social dance is an art form, anything and everything that distracts from it should be kicked out of the dance floor, including bad hygiene.
You don't have to smell fresh all the time, you just have to avoid stinking. That?s bad etiquette anywhere, just especially worse in social dance.
Etiquette on the dance floor isn't as hard as you might think and is, as said before, pretty much common sense. Except for the stricter dances where the rules of etiquette are very specific (like the tango with its system of approaching the partner, commencing the dance, and leaving the partner).
Say, thank you to every partner you had the chance to share a dance with. They will appreciate it. - 31486
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