I Need Ur Opinion! Plz Idk What Should I Do?

May 2, 2010 by Ballroom Dance Lover  
Filed under Ballroom Dance Steps

well.. there’s this Field trip for ballroom dancing in gym, and were challenging periods like 1st .vs. 5th all that type of deal. only few ppl from my class are going + only one girl including my self that would make it two and i have no clue how to dance the steps i only ask you guys what should i do? and how do you do the following dances:
-Foxtrot
-waltz
-cha cha
-swing routine

Ballet and Ballroom Dancers – Your Honest Opinion of Figure Skating?

April 15, 2010 by Ballroom Dance Lover  
Filed under Ballroom Dance Steps

I am a figure skater. I just wanted to know what the “dance world” thought about the “skating world” . . . our body positions and music interpretation.

In ballet – for instance, your “arabesque” is our “spiral”. I’ve heard of ballet dancers cringing at our spirals. In skating, some do lift their hip up, keep their upper back or head down (sometimes close to the ice) – it’s undesirable in ballet, but considered “beautiful” on the ice.

Ballroom – In ice dancing, our “footsteps” are nearly completely off from floor steps, though it is still about keeping tempo/mood and patterns.

As they say, they are 2 completely different worlds – though some things will be similar, some things will be VERY different – and it’s not wrong. But hey, everyone is entitled to their opinions – so I’d like to hear them!!!