Originally Posted by Ghost
'practice makes perfect, now come on'
What can you say if you ask a lady to dance and she says
"I'm not really any good" ?
So far
"Not a problem"
"Me either"
"Ok"
haven't quite worked the way I'd hoped
I get what's being conveyed and am happy to be gentle and just dance the same 2 moves over and over for the whole track if need be I just want a good one liner to put the lady at her ease.
Thanks
Christopher
Originally Posted by Ghost
'practice makes perfect, now come on'
I like it. I'll give it a try.Originally Posted by WittyBird
The last poor lady who said this to me was attending her first class and had just watched Taz and me do a sabotage dance swapping the lead quite a bit. I went bouncing over to her with a big smile and asked her to dance and the look on her face was
"Ohmygodohmygodohmygod - I can't possibly dance like she just did "
Had a lovely dance with her though
Any other suggestions?
Take care,
Christopher
Maybe you should just use any of the above suggestions to get to dance with her and then at the end of the dance say:
"whoever told you that you're not very good was lying."
... that way you may prevent her from saying it again to someone else, and eventually this problem may no longer exist
S. x
How about... NO PROBLEM You'll be the ultimate test for my leading skills! If your still no good, then it's down to me!Originally Posted by Ghost
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"If you're going to do something tonight, that you know you'll be sorry for in the morning, plan a lie in." Lorraine
"I'll be the judge of that!"
Then get her up on that dance floor
I stick to something along the lines of "how convenient: neither am I".
I think that could possibly be taken the wrong way. Besides, it's not true.Originally Posted by Lory
Whenever anyone says that to me I simply reply,
'Bad is good'
ZW
'There's only one way to get better ... !'
But then I always make sure I reassure them as we're going along by letting them know when they do something good, or at least a 'see, you're doing fine' or something like that.
A lot of guys tend to say 'OK, but you'll have to help me out' so after we've done a few moves I usually say something like 'help you with what? You're doing great'
That was the end result of one lady I said "Ok" too. I had a great dance with her and reassured her at the end. Next week she came up to me and and asked for a dance with a big smile and the lineOriginally Posted by Sparkles
"I'm still not any good "
Be Well,
Christopher
It occurred to me after I'd written this thread, that this seems to happen after a beginner's watched me dance with a lady who's doing something extra - body rolls in a lead to nothing, swapping the lead over, lots of hand and foot styling etc
Which is the reason this
got me a look of "Yeah right"Originally Posted by MartinHarper
But I do like the other sugestions. Now all I've got to do is remember them. Maybe if I wrote them on the back of my hand or possibly a t-shirt
Keep 'em coming - lots of nervous beginners out there I want to dance with
Thanks,
Christopher
'I bet you say that to all the boys , did you come here to dance or stand there looking pretty? now C'mon'
well i always say that I have been dancing for less than 6 weeks, then at least when they are disapointed with my dancing they don't go away completly disheartened
The taxi t-shirt doesn't give you away at allOriginally Posted by thewacko
Anyway I've found women dance better if they think the guy knows what he's doing
(Whether I actually do know what I'm doing is a whole other matter )
Take care,
Christopher
When responding to this I usually don't say anything about my partners dance ability before we start dancing. And, most of the time, at the end of the dance, I say something like "there's nothing wrong with your dancing, so you can't say 'I'm not very good' to anybody else".
If you want to pay them a compliment -- then ask them for a second dance.
SpinDr.
I normally smile and say something like "nonsense; if anything goes wrong, it'll all be my fault "Originally Posted by ghost
Or if I'm being flirtatious and egomanic; "You've just not been led by the right person yet "
Or I don't say anything and generall give a disbeleiving, scornfull, questioning look and offer with the body language of "come onto the floor with me and I'll be the judge of that"* {...that's what it's like in my head - they may just think I'm pulling faces and acting weird... either way seems to work}
Or another standard reply is "neither am I - I just make it up as I go allong "
In general I try to put forward the impression that I don't really care what you may think your level is - I just want to dance with you.
"I like bad girls"Originally Posted by Ghost
Shut up and danceOriginally Posted by Ghost
or
Let me be the judge.
I'd hate to dance with a guy I thought was judging meOriginally Posted by Andreas
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