I was at a salsa night for the Ball State Latino Club. At this meeting I learned Salsa, Meringue, and Bachata that night. At the end of the night I decided to start swing dancing. (you can swing dance to anything) lucky for me there were some people from the Ball State Swing Society. We were swinging and having fun. The people that were at the dance decided they wanted to learn what this dance is. We offered to teach them some simple moves that would take no time to learn. They got through with no broken bones. until they wanted to learn some dips. This guy dropped this girl 3 times that night. OMG Why? he could not figure out how to dip this chick. now i tried it with her once to see why he could not get it. To my surprise she freaks out and curls up in a ball and he has to support all of her weight. so I take her by the hand spin her twice and put her into a dip. she is fine for the moment then starts to panic as she is getting closer to the floor i warned her, " if you freak out i will drop you on purpose. RELAX!!" she did. So I informed the guy that it was her fault every time and that she just needs to relax and both of them will do fine. So life goes on and for the rest of the night they swing.
Bummer. Your pic didn't show up. :(
ReplyDeleteI could see where being dipped could be a little nerve racking. Sounds like Swing definitely requires oodles of trust between partners.