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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    Quote Originally Posted by El Salsero Gringo
    Now, about those being-hit-over-the-head lessons....
    Better, better, but WAAAAH!!!!!

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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Andy McGregor
    Especially when combined with green to give the feel of Wimbledon Tennis Club.


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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    I've only been to one of Mikeys classes and it was called sweet and sassy...not to my taste 'cas I hate people pawing over me so the idea of paying to go to a strictly sinful workshop never appealed.

    I thought the session that I did attend was weakly choreographed and depended on sexualisation of dance to appeal to a rather group who didn't seem to know yet or recognise or care about the difference.
    I have seem some versions of his double trouble on video and found it extremely distasteful, involving one women with two men who mimed sexual acts with her while her performance indicated that she was passive and submissive. It seemed pornographic and probably would belong in a poorly directed blue movie. Sad

    Dance for me includes a whole range of emotions and expressions but I try and steer well clear of any one who markets it as a substitute or opening for sexual or near sexual experience. Dodgy in my estimation, and I'd rather not be placed in a position where some one thought I may be consenting because I was there, in that venue where that form of behaviour is legitimised or sanctioned by management.

    But yes I'm bored by all of this to me its self evident, people buy the Sun but not because its a quality newpaper and people may attend Mikey classes but not because they want to learn to dance.

    I expect he's made alot of money and will continue to do so, but would feel uncomfortable if the style he's developing became more than slap and tickle and one offs for people who wanted this form of directed intimacy.

    It's not dance and so doen't have a place for me in my dance world, and doesn't seem to appeal to many of my dance friends either
    I'd rather have a nice cup of tea.

    So there you go
    I've

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    I have seem some versions of his double trouble on video and found it extremely distasteful, involving one women with two men who mimed sexual acts with her while her performance indicated that she was passive and submissive.
    I have to agree with Diana here. The nature of the moves are just too much and as for the one you have just described, I certainly wouldn't want to do it. A majority of people I have spoken to regarding these workshops totally disagree with them and my fear would be that if I was to put such moves into action on the dance floor, then I would most probably get a bad reputation...but then I wouldn't want to do it anyway!

    I'd rather have a nice cup of tea.
    Me too!

    Well said diana. x

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    Quote Originally Posted by Donna
    I have to agree with Diana here. The nature of the moves are just too much and as for the one you have just described, I certainly wouldn't want to do it. A majority of people I have spoken to regarding these workshops totally disagree with them and my fear would be that if I was to put such moves into action on the dance floor, then I would most probably get a bad reputation...but then I wouldn't want to do it anyway!



    Me too!

    Well said diana. x
    I agree, they are probably to some people distasteful. I for one have never been to one of Mikey's classes, I would only go if I had a set partner, and even then I don't think it would be my thing. I don't think the moves he teaches should be for the social dance floor. I believe that they should be just for those who want to do these moves, with a set partner, and should never be led on the social floor. Mikey, stresses that this is the sort of moves he teaches, and that they should only be performed within a set partnership, and never socially. What's wrong with that? I don't read the Sun, but I don't call for it to be banned either, I say, to each their own, and if you don't like it, you don't have to do it.

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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    Quote Originally Posted by TiggsTours
    I agree, they are probably to some people distasteful. I for one have never been to one of Mikey's classes, I would only go if I had a set partner, and even then I don't think it would be my thing. I don't think the moves he teaches should be for the social dance floor. I believe that they should be just for those who want to do these moves, with a set partner, and should never be led on the social floor. Mikey, stresses that this is the sort of moves he teaches, and that they should only be performed within a set partnership, and never socially. What's wrong with that? I don't read the Sun, but I don't call for it to be banned either, I say, to each their own, and if you don't like it, you don't have to do it.
    Funny thing is that guys that I know if they had a set partner to dance with actually want to practice dancing..:
    and if they have a girlfriend they don't seem to want instruction

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    Quote Originally Posted by DianaS
    Funny thing is that guys that I know if they had a set partner to dance with actually want to practice dancing..:
    and if they have a girlfriend they don't seem to want instruction

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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    what i want to know is - where on earth did the 58 people who voted come from?? this is the most popular vote in ages. I'd suggest vote rigging but that would be cynical

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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe
    what i want to know is - where on earth did the 58 people who voted come from?? this is the most popular vote in ages. I'd suggest vote rigging but that would be cynical
    And you're not cynical, you're clinical. As in "clinically insane" For a smurf you're quite normal, for a Scottish Dancer you're completely barkers. Who would be interested in rigging a vote on the forum? Who would be interested in proving that the majority of dancers see these workshops as acceptable That would be ridiculous and you smurfs see conspiracy* everywhere.

    *and ankles, being just seven inches tall.

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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Donna, DianaS and TT
    Various comments
    I have to say, those comments have made me think - certainly much more than Andy McG's ranting, which I skim past now anyway.

    The fact that all three women have similar views about it - that is quite thought-provoking. I used to be anti-the-routine (again, I've only seen one) as I didn't think it had any relationship to sexiness and implied that a set of moves could make you a sexy dancer*.

    Now I'm wondering if maybe Andy has a point. If these routines are causing significant offence to experienced, outgoing and confident female dancers, what message are they giving to others - new starters, the shy, the less confident and so on?

    I dunno - I take on board what people say about salsa, but in the fairly long time I've done salsa, I've not seen or heard many women complain about being taught offensive routines.

    Hmmm.... food for thought, certainly.

    * Whereas we all know that being short, bald and with a bit of a belly makes you really sexy.

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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames
    * Whereas we all know that being short, bald and with a bit of a belly makes you really sexy.
    So, I just need to work on the belly - somebody pass the doughnuts

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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Andybroom
    ... I get the impression that the only weekender dirty dancing classes have been taught by Mikey so intentionally or not you have effectively blamed him.
    I have never been on a weekender. I have never knowingly seen Mikey. I do not know what moves he teaches, or does not teach. I therefore have no opinion on his classes. As far as I am concerned all I have done is drag a material fact into an argument.

    you probably won't like this - you and one or two others do seem to be on a crusade to stop dance moves that an awful lot of people see as harmless fun for grown-ups.
    I am all in favour of harmless fun for grown-ups, and I like it too. That is one of the reasons I love MJ and do what I can to promote it.

    OK, there is an occasional problem with an occasional guy who comes onto the dancing scene and uses it as an excuse for things that he shouldn't do. But (and I've been dancing for a very long time now) it doesn't happen that often and, when it does, the guy's coincerned don't usually last very long before the girls ostracise them. And (I assume) that the girls enjoy dancing enough with normal guys to be prepared to take the risk (such as it is) of an unpleasant experience once in a blue moon.
    I have been attending dances for a long time too, and, from what I hear, some perverts have been dancing longer. There is an inexhaustable supply of potential new victims. There have been many court cases where well respected people in positions of trust and authority have abused their position for decades. Many vicitims flee the scene without reporting the incident, many abusers move on to new pastures frequently. I do believe it is the duty of authority to reduce the risks to the minimum. It is an area I am working on (I will not elaborate on that statement.)

    ... So maybe they thought you were making a fuss over nothing? ...
    I got so close to the action because I was preparing myself to bodily evict the perpetrator if the victim indicated that course of action, trying to ensure that I was between the perpetrator and the victims boyfriend, who was also quite near. It was quite clear from the expression on their faces that it was not a "fuss over nothing". As it happened both of them were hard enough and mature enough to just let it ride rather that initiate an ugly scene.

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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames
    * Whereas we all know that being short, bald and with a bit of a belly makes you really sexy.
    Woohoo....

    Best news I've heard all day!!


    (Now, if I can just get it down to a point where it can be classified as 'a bit'!! )

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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    Quote Originally Posted by TheTramp
    (Now, if I can just get it down to a point where it can be classified as 'a bit'!! )
    I think the "a bit" was understatement. The Tramp provides the perfect package for any girl looking for a sexy guy - although he's probably a couple of inches too tall for absolute perfection* he's still very much in the zone

    *As is generally agreed, the perfect height for a sexy male dancer is 5'7". A dancer who's two inches either way can, however, look 5'7" by wearing heels or stooping a bit

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames
    I have to say, those comments have made me think - certainly much more than Andy McG's ranting, which I skim past now anyway.

    The fact that all three women have similar views about it - that is quite thought-provoking. I used to be anti-the-routine (again, I've only seen one) as I didn't think it had any relationship to sexiness and implied that a set of moves could make you a sexy dancer*.

    Now I'm wondering if maybe Andy has a point. If these routines are causing significant offence to experienced, outgoing and confident female dancers, what message are they giving to others - new starters, the shy, the less confident and so on?

    I dunno - I take on board what people say about salsa, but in the fairly long time I've done salsa, I've not seen or heard many women complain about being taught offensive routines.

    Hmmm.... food for thought, certainly.

    * Whereas we all know that being short, bald and with a bit of a belly makes you really sexy.
    Please don't mis-quote me, I have never spoken out against Mikey's classes, I have said that they don't personally appeal to me, but I have never called them offensive, or called for them to be banned. I believe that if people want to attend Mikey's classes, and he remains open about what they entail, there is nothing wrong with them.

    Quote Originally Posted by AndyBroom
    ... I get the impression that the only weekender dirty dancing classes have been taught by Mikey so intentionally or not you have effectively blamed him.
    Not so, I have seen dirty dancing classes taught by plenty of other people, years before Mikey started teaching them, and I have seen other dancers perform far sexier moves on the social dance floor than I have ever seen Mikey perform socially, even with a regular partner, again, for years before Mikey started teaching his very popular (with some) Strictly Sinful classes.
    Last edited by TiggsTours; 2nd-February-2006 at 10:38 AM.

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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames

    If these routines are causing significant offence to experienced, outgoing and confident female dancers, what message are they giving to others - new starters, the shy, the less confident and so on?
    Quote Originally Posted by DianaS
    Funny thing is that guys that I know if they had a set partner to dance with actually want to practice dancing..:
    and if they have a girlfriend they don't seem to want instruction

    What message does the forum give out with this Twadle, a rant of bias unfounded b******* !

    Most people who complain have never been to or seen his classes

    Significant offence to who ? If 500 attended one of his classes as camber are 75 out of 250 women walking of after 3 mins . Reading the above you would assume so

    I heard 250 women actually laughing at the end

    Id say half in fix partners were in 'relationships' maybe more.

    This is how the Nazi came to power

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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    Quote Originally Posted by stewart38
    This is how the Nazi came to power
    - They invented the goose step, but didn't ban either sex or dancing
    To my knowledge

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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    Quote Originally Posted by DianaS
    - They invented the goose step, but didn't ban either sex or dancing
    To my knowledge

    They persecuted a set of people based on false information and often published such information in a public forum

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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    Quote Originally Posted by stewart38
    This is how the Nazi came to power
    What, by teaching strictly sinful classes?

    Godwin invocation! I win!!

    Anyway, enough of this - and for the record, I wasn't complaining, I was stating that the comments by 3 women in succession had made me think, is all, so get off my back ***.

    More importantly, I have to take definite issue with the highly controversial statement:

    Quote Originally Posted by The Too Tall One
    As is generally agreed, the perfect height for a sexy male dancer is 5'7". A dancer who's two inches either way can, however, look 5'7" by wearing heels or stooping a bit
    Now hold on one minute - I clearly recall the Congress Of Southport treaty, making a definitive ruling that it was actually 5' 6.5", and that's final.

    End of discussion.

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    Re: Are Mikey's "Strictly Sinful" workshops ...

    Sorry, but you forgot the magic words.

    Mornington Crescent

    I win.

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