| Salsa dance, the tango, ballroom, latin, swing, etc. the | | | | Be sensitive to your partner needs. Dance is about |
| popular dances for enthusiasts and professionals alike. | | | | being in sync with your partner. Try to determine |
| Why? These are the social dances, the ones that | | | | your partner level of skill beforehand, through asking |
| face you off with a partner, challenging not only your | | | | or stern observation. This will allow you to either up |
| own skill and agility but also your ability to be in sync | | | | the ante or level down for your partner sake. |
| with another human being. | | | | Dress the part. Whether you're in a formal gala or a |
| While the best way to master social dancing is to be | | | | dance studio, the proper clothes make the dancer. If |
| completely immersed in the movement, an obvious | | | | you're in clothes that you're comfortable in, the more |
| fact should be pointed out: you are not alone on the | | | | you're likely to dance your best. Rubber shoes can |
| dance floor. How to dance in a social setting means | | | | cause injuries as they tend to stick to the floor |
| respecting people's personal boundaries; observing | | | | during certain moves (as they were designed to do |
| the proper etiquette that comes with any dance | | | | so); wear dancing shoes whatever the occasion. Also, |
| routine and generally maintaining accepted social | | | | being properly attired will get you better reactions on |
| conduct. | | | | and off the dance floor. It is a social activity after all. |
| The point of these dances is human contact, to | | | | Observe proper hygiene. Yes, dancing is considered |
| establish a relationship with the body. As such, they | | | | as a sport. But please, leave the bad breath at home. |
| are held together by certain rules of conduct to aid in | | | | Social dance puts you at close contact with your |
| fostering social interaction between dancers. | | | | partner and nothing's more embarrassingly awkward |
| Dress appropriately. This is common sense. If the | | | | than having to finish a whole dance with a partner |
| venue, event, or wherever you're dancing requires | | | | who stinks. This also goes for showering and using |
| formal attire, suit up or dress up. If you're just taking | | | | some deodorant, dancing can be fast paced enough |
| a Sunday off to sweat it out in your instructor's | | | | to make anyone sweat. |
| dance studio, maybe sweat pants and a shirt will do. | | | | You don't have to smell fresh all the time, you just |
| Enjoy! If you're not having fun, then find something | | | | have to avoid stinking. That's bad etiquette |
| else to do. Besides the great exercise and the | | | | anywhere, just especially worse in social dance. |
| opportunity to express oneself, one of the main | | | | Thank every person you've danced with. Really, it's |
| reasons people dance is to enjoy themselves. If | | | | simple and easy to do, and your partners will be very |
| you?re going to dance, do it with a passion that will | | | | grateful for the gesture. |
| entice you and your partner to dance better. The | | | | Passion, honesty and respect all that needed to |
| more you enjoy it, the better you?ll be at it. | | | | master any social dance. |