Dear Dace Diva,
Do you have any advice for feeling comfortable dancing in a way that’s a bit… sexy? I’m a beginning competitor and my instructor keeps telling me to be sexier, but whenever I try, I just feel silly and awkward. Thanks for your help.
—–S & A
Dear S & A,
Competitive ballroom dancing demands us to display parts of our personalities that we rarely reveal publicly or even acknowledge to ourselves. Often times, particularly for folks who tend to be
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Dear Dance Diva,
I’m a forty-something single man who started taking ballroom dance lessons about six months ago. I’ve always enjoyed music and dancing, but never had any formal training so I thought I would give it a try. I take one private lesson and had been attending several group classes a week until recently. Most of the folks in the group classes are very nice, but there is a lady who is rude and makes me uncomfortable so I stopped going.
In group classes, the instructors teach
The Doc and I haven’t been to the studio in nearly two weeks. Other than post hip surgeries, this is the longest we’ve gone without dancing since we started competing back in 2015. We’ve been puppy sitting for my son’s puppy, Lina, which has consumed most of our time.
You’re probably thinking lots of folks have puppies and they manage to find time to get in a lesson or two a week and a little practice time…what gives? Well, THIS puppy is a HANDFUL.
Dear Dance Diva,
Part of what I enjoy about competing is the fellowship with other dancers who have become my friends. I always make a point to go to the ballroom to watch them dance, to encourage and to cheer for them. The problem is, my studio-mates don’t do the same thing for me and it really hurts my feelings. A bunch of us – students and instructors -recently attended a ballroom dance competition in Virginia where I danced my personal best, but no one from my studio was there