May 24, 2012
I am in my mid 20s and I have some dance experience (jazz, tap) in my background, but I really want to learn to ballroom. I really want to have a partner to learn with. Totally platonic, actually a wonderful gay man would be perfect. How do I go about finding someone who wants to learn, is a beginner, and doesn’t have 2 left feet?
I went to a class for swing a couple years ago by myself and it was 75% females there. So the teacher paired up the females to dance with each other. I guess thats ok if you are just learning the steps (although I could do that by myself) but I would like to learn it correctly and not learn how to lead. Are all the ballroom classes like that or have you experienced some where there are men and women both.
You should start by attending group classes. Beginner group classes don’t require to bring a partner. People change partners throughout the class anyway. You don’t hav eto learn with the same partner at the very beginning stages. As you progress you will find that dancing with the same partner is more efficient in terms of learning. Eventually, you’ll find someone in your class who is also lookign for a partner who’s a good match in terms of height, weight, age and how fast he learns.
There are partener search websites like http://www.dancepartner.com
and http://www.ballroomdancers.com has a partner search section. I recommend that you register there, browse other people’s profiles and create your own. By browsing, you will see the difference if people are looking just for a dance partner or they are also looking for a date. It is quite obvious. Certain boxes checked, and also those who are looking for dance partners usually talk about their dance skills not about how romantic and cool they are.
When you find out, let us all know. Those of us who’ve been dancing for years have the same problem.
Seriously, though, just go ahead and start learning ballroom. You don’t need a regular partner to start, and once you’re dancing you’ll meet dancers; from there, it’s just a matter of persistence and luck.
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I have been single for 20+years, and I love to dance. I started going to single dances and met those who love to dance and the wanna be dancers. I went to a ballroom dance class alone, and the next thing I knew the instructor ask me to help teach the class. Never had to worry about having a partner after that. Be brave, go for it.
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You should start by attending group classes. Beginner group classes don’t require to bring a partner. People change partners throughout the class anyway. You don’t hav eto learn with the same partner at the very beginning stages. As you progress you will find that dancing with the same partner is more efficient in terms of learning. Eventually, you’ll find someone in your class who is also lookign for a partner who’s a good match in terms of height, weight, age and how fast he learns.
There are partener search websites like http://www.dancepartner.com
and http://www.ballroomdancers.com has a partner search section. I recommend that you register there, browse other people’s profiles and create your own. By browsing, you will see the difference if people are looking just for a dance partner or they are also looking for a date. It is quite obvious. Certain boxes checked, and also those who are looking for dance partners usually talk about their dance skills not about how romantic and cool they are.
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Competitive Ballroom dancer.
Swing isn’t straight intenational ballroom – though a great dance. I find in australia that swing and ceroc appear to be more dating orientated ie lots of woman and a (less) arrogant guys Ballroom/latin people tend to be serious about their dancing and are there to learn technque rather than meet someone.
Try out a few schools – you will easily get a feel for which schools are the most technique orientated.
Start without a partner and then go from there
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competitive ballroom dancer for more than 10 years