Ballroom dancing is not for everyone. It is for a select group of people.
Is ballroom dancing right for you? Let's find out...
It is for the engineer. The nerd. The guys with protractors and possibly a pocket protector. Ballroom dancing is for you. There are manuals, WRITTEN MANUALS, for dancing. These manuals give you angles (for those protractors) for all your figures along with strict regulations on what can precede and follow each figure. And those angles? Those angles are just for your feet. Your body (your torso) gets a-whole-nother angle! Mathematicians rejoice!
Are you an organizer? Type A? A little OCD maybe? Did you read the part about the figures with the precedes and follows? You could write a FLOW CHART, my little anal-retentive ones!
Were you a star athlete in high school or college? Retired after too many injuries? Ballroom is your new sport. Competitive and progressive, Dancesport (as the Olympic committees like to call it) will fill your void without ruining any cartilage. Low-impact cardio and a competitive outlet? Blue ribbon for YOU, Dancesport!
Do you hate exercising? If you would call yourself fitnessly disinclined, ballrooming is for you. The music, the social aspect, and the relative ease of movement is like Zumba, without the... Zumba. In other words, you'll forget you're "working out" and be burning hella calories while smiling your face off.
Dig music? Music lovers will dive into their iTunes libraries and vinyl collection with renewed vigor after a class or two in the ballroom. The variety of songs and artists and genres that will sing from the heavens "I'm a RUMBA!" will shock and amaze anyone, but sends audiophiles reeling with new ways to categorize music. Not to mention, now you need to find the PERFECT Rumba/Foxtrot/whatever to practice to/squirrel away for a Showcase routine.
The student. Not just the I'm-of-school-age type, but the I'm-always-learning type. Ballroom dancing will give you a lifetime of skills to study, practice, and learn. And even when you think you've learned something to its fullest extent, there it is... More of the extent... Yay!
The wallflower. With dance etiquette (or lack thereof) being what it is, as long as you can gather up your gumption to NOT lean against the literal wall and stand on the edge of the floor, you will dance. And you probably won't have to talk to anyone. Or really even meet them. You just get to dance. Awkwardness averted! But over time, you might get comfortable with this not-so-new group of strangers and shed the wallflower status. Personal growth!
The extrovert. Not to save the obvious for last, but ballroom dancing provides a great outlet for socializing, performing, and generally being OUT THERE. It's an extrovert's delight.
Do you fit in one of these categories? Then get thee to a ballroom dance studio!
