This came across my desk from an employee and I thought I would share this with you all. I lost track how many times I have heard people say "I can't dance" (I will admit that I was guilty of this as well)
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"Many of us go through life with a subconscious list of
things we can't do or won't do. As
the phrase "I can't dance" has an all too common occurrence in the
American vernacular, I'd guess that dancing is on most peoples' subconscious
can't/won't list. With that being
said, I can personally attest to hearing many people revoke that statement
after a little time with our instructors at Fred Astaire.
My response to people that call the studio and say "I
have two left feet" is usually "Great! I have two right feet, so we'll work just fine
together".... upon further inspection, this doesn't really make a lick of
sense, but it usually gets my point across. Many people have resigned themselves to the idea that they
will be eternal wall flowers and have no hope of ever really dancing. "Can't dance" and "won't
dance" are not physical conditions; they are just unfortunate mind sets.
Not everyone is a natural born dancer, but that is
fine! On your very first lesson at
Fred Astaire, you teacher will most likely start by having you take forward
steps, backward steps, and side steps. The very simple truth is, if you can do
that, you can dance. The whole
process of learning to dance is just retraining your body to do familiar tasks
in a more stylized manner. The
forward steps in smooth and standard dances are incredibly similar to normal
walking steps... You just may push more off your standing leg and use a bit
more of things like rise and fall.
If you don't pick up the techniques right away, don't be too
hard on yourself. Ballroom dance
is one of those hobbies that you will never be perfect at. I know that may sound like bad news,
but it isn't! There is no need to
expect perfection from yourself because there is no such thing as perfect in
ballroom dancing. Since it is an
art form, the characterizations and rules are like liquid. Constantly changing and moving.
So, I would suggest to stop wasting your time saying things
like "I can't dance."
You're more than welcome to say "I don't know how to
dance....yet" and then you
can call your nearest Fred Astaire Dance Studio and set up your first lesson so
you can finally proclaim "I CAN DANCE!""
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