Which type would that be, the two left foot kind or the whole FTM kind? Or both? Lol. Believe me, you won't be leading when we dance missy.


Totally Leading,
Brute.

Sylvie and I discovered this summer that we have a LOT of fun dancing together. On our list of things to do is taking some dancing lessons. I would love to be a strong "swing dance" lead. She has incredible rhythm and moves, I dance with heart, rhythm and moves are questionable, heh.

SO excited that I found a local woman who is apparently as dance-obsessed as I am: Apparently she used to organize women's two-stepping lessons at a local gym but they stopped letting her use that room, so now that she's just had her basement remodeled she is starting to offer them there on Thursday evenings - for free - with plans to buy a portable dance floor if enough people come regularly. She's also found someone to come in two Saturdays in a row to teach some western Swing lessons.

Plus when I told her about my desire to organize an LGBT dance lesson weekend here, she said she'd like to talk to me about helping to make that happen.

I can't begin to tell you how happy this makes me! I have to tell you, if I was forced to choose, right now I'd choose dancing regularly with a good lead over dating. Fortunately, no one is forcing me to choose so I'm free to pursue both. ;)

funny i found this thread today. i met a lovely lady who teaches social dance. she says she can help me with my inability to be led....id like teddy and i have to have a fun activity we can do together...especially with winter coming ....:bunchflowers:

AWESOME!!!

and more AWESOME!!!

Please allow me to sidetrack this thread for a moment with a bit of fretting and perhaps a touch of whining:

I haven't two-stepped (or danced regularly) in years, so when a friend needed to borrow my dancing boots years ago, I gave her mine and decided to let her keep them since I was never wearing them.

Now I start two-stepping again on Thursday and realized that I have nothing even remotely resembling good dancing shoes, no budget to buy some good dancing boots, and no place around here to buy some anyway (I have wide flat feet and it's almost impossible for me to buy shoes online without trying them on first).

Now I'm fretting about what to wear: Sneakers just don't cut it for two-stepping - too sticky. The shoes that I do have that would have the right sole wouldn't necessarily stay on well enough for dancing backwards and in heels. ;)

Whaaa whaaa whaaaaaaaaaaa. What to do, what to do...

[/whiningaboutfirstworldproblem]

Is this a local friend you could borrow the shoes back from temporarily?

Do you have an in-between shoe that would work if waxed as suggested?

The lessons are in someone's basement so the chance of dance wax being available are slim.

Nah, friend is in Philadelphia and I'm pretty sure that the boots were eaten by a dog at some point.

My only leather-soled shoes that might actually stay on my feet are quite dressy, and not entirely broken in. I may have to find a way to go shoe shopping today - I don't really have the budget but if I recategorize this from "entertainment/fun" into the same budget category as "medical/therapy," I could possibly justify it - especially if instead of buying cowboy boots I buy some shoes that could do double-time as work shoes. That makes sense and is completely justified, right?!?

What I'm REALLY thankful for is knowing that some people will be reading this who GET that you sometimes just need the right dancing shoes, AND who will get that it's very rational to categorize dance expenses as therapy. :)

::ahem:: These should arrive by the end of the week. Brown. They're from a company that specializes in dance shoes - they make them, not just resell them - and they have wide widths in almost all of their styles. They're no boots but they're dance shoes that will do just fine with my jeans, thankyouverymuch.

http://www.tictactoes.com/dance/images/anna968large.jpg

I've taken a few social dance classes here and there, and oooh, I love it. A love who's game to lead? Yes please. :)

It's always a plus if your partner knows how to dance.... especially a slow dance. :blush:

Really is difficult finding a partner, especially one who knows how to lead properly.

Remember the song slow dancing? :)


"Slow dancing
swaying to the music
there's no else
in the whole wide world
just me and my girl"

B/F dance
 

My ex of 22 yrs and I use to dance every weekend at the club. I Miss that terribly. I LOVE to dance. Fast, slow and two step was our best moves. I need a new dance partner LOL.

I feel bad for my current partner, I have two left feet when it comes to dancing, I however can slow dance like there is no tomorrow, but my Lord can that woman dance!

I love just sitting there and watching her dance the wobble, cupid shuffle, then slow dance with me!

I am terrible at two step dancing but I can still rock it wearing my pink snip toe cowgirl boots and denim short skirt hehehe

very nice and very evocative