Do You Wanna Dance?

Dance-with-me · 10-15-2012, 10:26 PM

Mine was the jitterbug/swing, because my parents were champs - seriously, they won several contests on the different military bases where we were stationed, and they could pull off all the tricks, including my dad swinging my tiny mom around his waist, over his head, down between his legs, tossing her through the air, et.

LOVED it.

But where I really learned to dance was 1971, when I was in 8th grade and I'd lock myself in my room on Saturday to first watch American Bandstand but then watch the REAL dancing on this brand new show that played right after it called Soul Train... I lived for that show, and worked hard to try and match their moves step by step, hip thrust by hip thrust, shimmy by shimmy...

View Poll Results: What partner dances do you know? Check all that apply!
Argentine Tango	22	27.16%
Bachata	7	8.64%
Cajun Zydecko	4	4.94%
Country-Western Two-step	45	55.56%
Country Swing	20	24.69%
East Coast Swing	20	24.69%
New York Hustle	18	22.22%
Jive	21	25.93%
Mambo	16	19.75%
Polka	22	27.16%
Quickstep	14	17.28%
Salsa	33	40.74%
Schottische	11	13.58%
Square Dance	24	29.63%
Shuffle	16	19.75%
Nightclub Two-step	29	35.80%
Waltz	51	62.96%
Prefer to Lead	31	38.27%
Prefer to Follow	28	34.57%
Both Lead and Follow	23	28.40%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 81. You may not vote on this poll

10-15-2012, 10:26 PM	#24
Dance-with-me Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: earth Posts: 419 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 264 Thanked 1,926 Times in 378 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	Mine was the jitterbug/swing, because my parents were champs - seriously, they won several contests on the different military bases where we were stationed, and they could pull off all the tricks, including my dad swinging my tiny mom around his waist, over his head, down between his legs, tossing her through the air, et. LOVED it. But where I really learned to dance was 1971, when I was in 8th grade and I'd lock myself in my room on Saturday to first watch American Bandstand but then watch the REAL dancing on this brand new show that played right after it called Soul Train... I lived for that show, and worked hard to try and match their moves step by step, hip thrust by hip thrust, shimmy by shimmy...