Tips on learning to dance. Salsa etc

scrodzilla · 2016-11-08T13:49:41+00:00

I want to do this really bad, women love a guy who can dance confidently.

Wolfwoodd · 2016-11-08T15:46:56+00:00

There is nothing you can't learn from Youtube. I say this as somebody who dances Blues, Lindy-Hop, and Argentine Tango. All you need is a follow to practice with. And by "practice with" i mean stand there while you figure out the leads to new moves.

That said, almost all dance scenes provide some kind of lesson before each dance. Go to the lessons, meet the other newbies and dance with them after the lessons are over. Being bad at something is the first step to being good.

Lastly, if you are a bad dancer, at least attempt to be entertaining and friendly. The follows will still enjoy the experience.

I recommend that all guys get involved with a dance scene. There is no easier way to meet people and make friends.

NibblyPig · 2016-11-08T17:26:10+00:00

If you go to salsa to pick up women you're gonna have a bad time. Go because you enjoy it and want to learn it as a skill, because you'll have to fight through Salsa Hell and then your dance-SMV (DMV?) will be shit, due to the rate of progression of both sexes.

Basically in all (99%) dances women follow and men lead, so they don't have to do much other than be led around (sounds familiar). As a result they learn much faster than men (every man teaches them new moves, whereas as a man you can only do what you can remember, no teaching in the field), and thus become only interested in dancing with men that have high DMV, and high DMV makes you very popular to dance with and thus is linked directly to your SMV.

You'll be busting your balls to get good, so if you're doing it just for the chicks and not because you're dedicated to learning it as a skill in its own right, you're setting yourself up to fail.

If you do get average at it beginners will really enjoy dancing with you so there's that, but most dancing is taught in classes, so you'll be in a middle-level group after a while and won't interact as much with the other groups. You won't meet tons of people unless you go to socials, and only women seeking high DMV males go to them (beginners do not go, or if they do they immediately bail because they're not taking it seriously) .

tldr; it's an undertaking and you'll crash & burn if you're doing it purely for the chicks - I think this is true for most stuff though, the core principles of TRP are bettering yourself and having a frame, pandering to girls by trying to get close via a hobby you're just faking is beta behaviour

Title	Tips on learning to dance. Salsa etc
Author	Drop_the_Dead_Donkey
Upvotes	4
Comments	11
Date	November 8, 2016 12:00 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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