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TridenT said:
Figured it was slang and not a formal English word.
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Also, I think you should seriously think about taking dance classes. It would up your self worth, and your worth in the dating world.
 
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dullard said:
I dance. But I'm quite unclear of what you mean by social dancing that doesn't involve ballroom dancing. There isn't much left.

I do latin: salsa, rumba, cha-cha, mambo, samba, and if forced I'll dance mergengue.
I do smooth: foxtrot, waltz, vieneese waltz.
I do swing: single time, west coast, and a bit of triple time, double time, and lindy hop, hustle.
I do tango: argentine is my favorite, but I'll do stanard tango as well.

Then I'll occasionally do a bit of other dances but I don't really know them: quick step, polka, line dances (if forced), several country dances (if forced), passo doble, nightclub twostep, and the minor variations of those above.

But since you hate those dances, I can't think of much left that you'd like.
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Swing isn't ballrooom... Especially so for Lindy and East Coast. West Coast is pretty ballroomy as far as swing dancing goes but it still isn't ballroom. (And generally it is just full of white people and white culture)

You might define it as such personally, but almost everyone else I've spoken to who is a swing dancer will say that swing is not ballroom.

As far as I am concerned:
Blues is not ballroom
WCS is not ballroom, but ballroomy.
ECS is not ballroom.
Lindy is not ballroom.
 
TridenT said:
Swing isn't ballrooom...
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Those are all certainly forms of ballroom dancing. Ballroom dancing covers just about any partnership dancing.

Go to the USA Dance website (amature ballroom dancing organization): swing is there.
Go to the World Dance Council: swing is part of their highlight 10 ballroom dance competition.
Go to any ballroom dance competition: swing is there.
Go to a ballroom dance studio: swing is there.
Go watch ballroom dance shows/movies: swing is there.
Go to wikipedia "ballroom dance": swing is there.

To say swing isn't ballroom dancing is just being a snob. Actually a ignorant snob who doesn't know the other forms of dancing very well.
 
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I two-step, polka, and waltz. two-step is passable, polka is also passable but not as good as my two-step, and my waltz I can only really do the basic, worst of the bunch.
 
dullard said:
Those are all certainly forms of ballroom dancing. Ballroom dancing covers just about any partnership dancing.

Go to the USA Dance website (amature ballroom dancing organization): swing is there.
Go to the World Dance Council: swing is part of their highlight 10 ballroom dance competition.
Go to any ballroom dance competition: swing is there.
Go to a ballroom dance studio: swing is there.
Go watch ballroom dance shows/movies: swing is there.
Go to wikipedia "ballroom dance": swing is there.

To say swing isn't ballroom dancing is just being a snob. Actually a ignorant snob who doesn't know the other forms of dancing very well.
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Bullshit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballroom_dance#Dances

People who try to make ballroom as an umbrella that covers everything are just making excuses. Lindy hop and ECS are most definitely not ballroom. And Blues is even further away than that.
 
TridenT said:
Bullshit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballroom_dance#Dances

People who try to make ballroom as an umbrella that covers everything are just making excuses. Lindy hop and ECS are most definitely not ballroom. And Blues is even further away than that.
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Lindy hop and east coast are most definiately ballroom and are taught in any ballroom dance studio. I personally have never heard of blues though. Do you have a good link about it?

But since this thread is about touching a woman, you don't touch a woman more than in ballroom dancing. What do you personally have against it? Don't like putting your leg deep between her thighs? Don't like her body contact region (hips to chest) touching your body contact region and staying there for the entire length of the dance?
 
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dullard said:
Lindy hop and east coast are most definiately ballroom and are taught in any ballroom dance studio. I personally have never heard of blues though. Do you have a good link about it?
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Most definitely not. Just because you use a dance studio doesn't mean shit. People go to those places because they're available to rent and have hardwood floors. Where else are you going to hold a dance for a 100 people to practically throw each other around?

A good link to what it is about? No. Look up blues dance. The wikipedia definition is weak. Seeing it is what really makes you understand what it is.
 
TridenT said:
Most definitely not. Just because you use a dance studio doesn't mean shit. People go to those places because they're available to rent and have hardwood floors. Where else are you going to hold a dance for a 100 people to practically throw each other around?
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East coast swing is in the core 6 dances that just about any ballroom dancer starts with (waltz, foxtrot, tango, rumba, cha cha, and east coast). Sometimes they'll swap in triple time over single time, so it varies from place to place, but swing is still there. After that basis, you then branch out to the other major dances. So, you certainly have no clue about ballroom dancing.
 
dullard said:
East coast swing is in the core 6 dances that just about any ballroom dancer starts with (waltz, foxtrot, tango, rumba, cha cha, and east coast). Sometimes they'll swap in triple time over single time, so it varies from place to place, but swing is still there. After that basis, you then branch out to the other major dances. So, you certainly have no clue about ballroom dancing.
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I don't think you need to quantify what he has no clue about. He's Trident. He has no clue.
 
dullard said:
Lindy hop and east coast are most definiately ballroom and are taught in any ballroom dance studio. East coast swing is in the core 6 dances that just about any ballroom dancer starts with (waltz, foxtrot, tango, rumba, cha cha, and east coast). Sometimes they'll swap in triple time over single time, so it varies from place to place, but swing is still there. I personally have never heard of blues though. Do you have a good link about it?

But since this thread is about touching a woman, you don't touch a woman more than in ballroom dancing. What do you personally have against it? Don't like putting your leg between her thighs? Don't like her body contact region (hips to chest) touching your body contact region and staying there for the entire length of the dance?
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Blues dancing more or less as you'll see it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcIFwmuFcYw

And I am pretty sure from what I've seen of ballroom dances is that there is not THAT much contact. It's closed, but full closed embrace... Not really. Usually it's just chest touching or whatever. And generally very much to the side like in tango.

dullard said:
East coast swing is in the core 6 dances that just about any ballroom dancer starts with (waltz, foxtrot, tango, rumba, cha cha, and east coast). Sometimes they'll swap in triple time over single time, so it varies from place to place, but swing is still there. After that basis, you then branch out to the other major dances. So, you certainly have no clue about ballroom dancing.
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What are you smoking? ECS is derived from lindy (Probably by ballroom dancers). It's not a ballroom dance. Wtf.
 
TridenT said:
Blues dancing more or less as you'll see it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcIFwmuFcYw
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Thanks for the link.
And I am pretty sure from what I've seen of ballroom dances is that there is not THAT much contact. It's closed, but full closed embrace... Not really. Usually it's just chest touching or whatever. And generally very much to the side like in tango.
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#1 rule in proper smooth dancing is body contact. With waltz, foxtrot, and tango your upper thigh should be plunged deep between her upper thighs or you are doing it wrong. foxtrot, more see the legs, and amatures doing it correctly.

What are you smoking? ECS is derived from lindy (Probably by ballroom dancers). It's not a ballroom dance. Wtf.
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Sadly, you just don't know ballroom dancing. ECS is taught as one of the basic core dancing at any ballroom dance studio that I've ever been to (a couple dozen). How about this, I'll give you full control to prove me wrong: show me one ballroom dance studio in your hometown who doesn't teach at least some form of swing.
 
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dullard said:
Thanks for the link.

#1 rule in proper smooth dancing is body contact. Waltz, foxtrot, and tango your upper thigh should be plunged deep between her upper thighs or you are doing it wrong. foxtrot, more see the legs, and amatures doing it correctly.


Sadly, you just don't know ballroom dancing. ECS is taught as one of the basic core dancing at any ballroom dance studio that I've ever been to. How about this, I'll give you full control to prove me wrong: show me one ballroom dance studio in your hometown who doesn't teach at least some form of swing.
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And to be honest, I wouldn't ever want contact with the people who are generally at ballroom dances. (Old people who should be in Florida)

If it is, then people who come from ballroom suck miserably even at ECS.

EDIT: The first couple minutes of the video probably shows the best of the blues dance itself... After that, they kinda go off the wall. Nevermind, really after the first minute they go off the wall. A lot of it is off the wall, but the general ideas are in there. (They were experimenting anyway)
 
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And to be honest, I wouldn't ever want contact with the people who are generally at ballroom dances. (Old people who should be in Florida)

If it is, then people who come from ballroom suck miserably even at ECS.
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dude... no, there are so many hot women on the dance floor it is a beautiful thing.
 
TridenT said:
And to be honest, I wouldn't ever want contact with the people who are generally at ballroom dances. (Old people who should be in Florida)

If it is, then people who come from ballroom suck miserably even at ECS.
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Hahaha. Oh Jesus. You have such a fucking miserable life.
 
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