How To Have A Good Night Of Social Dancing

In this podcast you will learn how you can prepare for a successful night of social dancing. We will give you 2 tips. For more tips and tutorials visit us here: www.passion4dancing.com/?...
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[@dodotir3595]

Very good ideas, it help allot, thanks, your videos are very useful.

[@ritasebastian5019]

Thank you. I will put it on my calendar before we go social dancing

[@awos6559]

sorry, this is a long one. i like your advice. I also have found "revising" using the phone to be helpful. i've saved videos i like, and i have the addicted to salsa app, and there's more apps. so, there's tons of resources! And practicing alone, too, is at the very least better than nothing. If i may add, i'd say the key to dancing better is lots of social dancing, combined with classes. As you hint, it becomes embedded in one's muscles "muscle memory" the more one does it, then the moves start to flow 'organically' which is what one wants. One doesn't want the moves to be 'contrived' like a partner or lookers can tell when moves are sort of contrived, or too pre-planned, versus organic, when they seem to flow smoothly into each other, sort of naturally. that comes with constant practice through social dancing, and not just "any" social dancing, but dancing to good stuff with dancers of good skill who'l challenge and pull one to a higher level. if one goes out dancing multiple nights a week at such a level, even for just a week, it starts to show. a couple of weeks and it really starts to show! but, also, don't go to a place where they play poor music or crappy stuff, where there's less opportunities to socially dance the moves you've learned in class and expect to improve. you could go there for years, take good classes, and still get no better cause there are few opportunities to really put those classes into the "real world" of social dance! as they say in sport, its not just a matter of practice, but the right kind of practice! The other tip I'd give can be a difficult one to believe especially for beginners, cause we understandably all want to be "advanced" and do the fancy stuff. but most advanced dancers will tell us to focus on the basics! as somebody said in another video "know your fundamentals!" KYF!! it's often wise to keep things simple, especially for leads. Remember two things: ONE: there's other factors too for having a great dance, say, connection. Connection, connection, connection!! Fancy is mostly ego when not done well or with good intentions. But, connection is magic! That's why sometimes it can be baffling when people are having fun with less fancy dancers or moves! i suspect it has something to do with connection!! TWO: most dancers are average (the center part of the bell curve). so, even if you have super advanced moves, statistically, most people you dance with will have only average skills and won't be able to connect with your "advanced" moves. and even advanced dancers actually learn that the simpler stuff is actually quite awesome when one really understands it. a basic step can be spiced up in so many ways at the hands of an advanced dancer. so, one doesn't necessarily need to be super advanced to have fun. its great to learn more and get more skilled certainly, but its not an absolute necessity to have fun, in my humble opinion, and i suspect many good dancers opinions. we need to remember the advanced stuff is built on the fundamental stuff. the fundamentals are the foundation. if they're weak, the advanced stuff will be weak and useless. the advanced stuff is actually usually the basic stuff spiced up, in my humble opinion!! Also, one other tip I've found correlates with better dancing: fitness/conditioning!!! Work out depending on your level of fitness, age, gender etc!! we don't have to be marathon runners, but we need to be reasonably mobile to have optimum fun. Muscles will move better, energy will transmit better, and you'll be a-go when the dance is on, and you'll be in a frame of mind to dance more!!! if we can, we need to walk, jog, run, yoga, stretch, lift etc, depending on our fitness levels. it is absolutely not overkill to be fit, it will absolutely pay off when we dance, we're less exhausted etc, especially for older dancers. So, keep it simple and build slowly and sensibly if you must, remember to connect, and be reasonably conditioned! personally, i've found that even when i've taken long without a class or social dancing, if i am fit, it can compensate quite a bit, at the very least in terms of quantity of dances i can fit in!!! if you think about it, you dance better when you've had a lot of practice, right? well, what else have you improved when you've had a lot of practice? fitness!!! we forget that our fitness plays a part in how well we socially dance!! the mind is usually there. we want to turn, do this and that, but the body doesn't quite do what it's told. we think its just because we've not practiced enough the moves, but to some extent the moves are still in the head. its the muscles that's not keeping up with the brain. so, i definitely recommend keeping or getting fitter. for me, it seems to work wonders!! thats my story so far in trying to improve!! the other brief stuff: good shoes-th right shoes will take you to dancing paradise, promise! it will show! shirts-do polyester, especially if you're the sweating kind like most of us. forget cotton, if you're the sweaty kind! polyester dries faster. pants, do stretchy ones if you can. many brands have them in various styles or jeans. it will improve your motion and comfort greatly and show in your dancing. underwear, do sports underwear! adidas, under armor etc! forget cotton if you're the sweaty kind!! perfume!!! unless you know your perfume is universally accepted as pleasing to most, be careful about it. some partners likely may not like it!!!! it could cost you some opportunities and you'll wonder why the ladies or gents keep avoiding you!! a simple roll-on is "safe," in my opinion. its like going for an interview. a bad perfume will run off partners faster than many things. which brings it to the mouth. brush, and or use some gum. you can look as bad as you want, but don't smell bad!!!