Topic: Increased confidence for dancers - what are the primary drivers?

[John: Elmgrove LeRoc]

OK, last night's class was fun (providing we were open-minded and treated the ladies with respect).

However, I noticed something quite unusual.

We have a couple of younger dancers in our class who have just gone up to intermediates - still quite nervous (both from the perspective of being young and from the perspective of "new intermediates").

A couple of these ladies literally changed from the start of the class to the end, and seemed to become a lot more confident in themselves.

I think a lot of it was to do with personal space - something that used to cause me grief when I started dancing (I used to shake when I danced!), but I was wondering if there are other factors involved in boosting a dancer's confidence other than just getting used to having someone in your personal space?

Certainly the personal space one was the biggest factor for me.

John.

[philsmove]

I think learning to dance increases ones confidence overall
just wish I had learnt earlier in life

learning partner dancing should be compulsory

[Karen Mary]

I think learning to dance increases ones confidence overall
just wish I had learnt earlier in life

learning partner dancing should be compulsory

 

[John Gimber: Webmaster]

Agreed - if I had to learn dancing at school then my life would have been entirely different I think.

However, the life that I have lead has made me into the person I am, so I can't complain - plus for me learning to dance was something that I wasn't ready for until 1997, so perhaps I would have rejected it before then.

Hmmm.