Jake

Last night,Oct 9th 2004,I went to the dance party held by Friend Club,There are a lot of people there,some of there dance very good,I wish that Friend Club should hold the dance party more often.

Post by helloman
HappyFun, 映雪, 孤立无援, miss_puppy, Tap, derby520, flying18, ugly_old, movetomar
and all others,

Organizing an event takes a lot of effort,
ex. renting a place; getting the equipment; finding music, DJ;
transporting and setting up the sound system;
advertising the event; cleaning up the room afterwards; ..., etc.
Friend club has put in much work to keep the dance event going for quite a long time.
Although the dances might not always be successful
but the organizers have their hearts in the right place,
and I think they deserve our support.
In the next dance party, we should all let the organizers know
how we feel about the party and provide constructive suggestions.
If you want them to organize it more often, you can suggest it too.
I remember that at one point in the past
the event took place every 2 weeks.
By the way, on this board there are quite a few people interested in dancing,
you can contact each other to try out different events.
I'll probably go to the swing dance in Verdun this coming Saturday.

helloman

According to the flyer, the next Friend club's dance party will be on Nov 13.
In the meantime, watch out for the dances organized by Lily club and the UoM students.
A friend just told me that in the Pepsi forum,
which is in the corner of St. catherine and Atwater,
a dance school sponsors free dances from 8pm to 10pm
every Friday and Saturday nights
as ********* during the run of the movie "Shall we dance" in AMC cinemas.
I myself haven't been there yet
but my friend's information is usually quite reliable.
You can check it out too.

jammy

Reviewing all the pose from Dancelover,I understand much more than one year before.But still have some confuse in the technique explanation.With time going,I hope one day I can 100% understand.

minitila

I heard there will be a dance party in UofM. Anyone can give more information??

I am learning salsa dance now. according to you guys posts, it is not in the social dance catagory.  Maybe I mixed social dance and latin dance together, can anyone tell me what the social dance really is.

I love dance but only have a little perience. anyone who takes dance seriously and want to improve dance skill is welcome to contact me.  We can practise together.

minitila

up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

helloman

For the dance organized by UoM studends,
please look for the post "10月30日周六工学院的舞会".

A friend just told me that in the Pepsi forum,
which is in the corner of St. catherine and Atwater,
a dance school sponsors free dances from 8pm to 10pm
every Friday and Saturday nights

Correction: The dances at the forum took place on Friday and Saturday last week,
but in the coming weeks, the free dance will take place on Saturdays only, not Fridays,
as long as the movie "Shall we dance" is still being shown in AMC cinema.

helloman

I am learning salsa dance now. according to you guys posts, it is not in the social dance catagory

In North America, "social dances" traditionally refer to waltz, foxtrot, tango, Viennese waltz, quickstep, chacha, samba, rumba, swing, etc.

In my broader interpretation,
social dance is any dance through which one socializes with others,
therefore any partner dances that are popular in social setting,
ex. parties, wedding receptions, clubs,
can be considered social dances.

Salsa dancing can now be found in many clubs and parties,
so salsa can be considered "social" dance in spirit
even though no one calls it as such.

minitila,
    Salsa dance is fun and popular. I think you've made a good choice.
Later you can also learn other popular dances
such as waltz, chacha and swing.
Attend dance parties to meet up with other dance aficionados.
Check the posts on this message board from time to time
for dance party news.
Have fun dancing.

minitila

thanks helloman

very clear now.

I saw " shall we dance" last Saturday. anyone who loves dance should go and watch this movie, really fun. I also saw the dance school organized dance activities there . some dancers are very good.

minitila

to helloman


I went Memonto last week with other people in our class. But I found salsa music is rarely played there.  I was invites three times to dance Menrengue, which I had no clue at all.  I found it looks easier than salsa, at least the move is slower and less fancy.

Also, i wanna know when you go to ballroom, which dance you dance often.

helloman

I've been to Momento restaurant(on the first floor)a couple of times.
Those were special occassions organized by some groups
so salsa music was played a lot.
The good thing about merengue is that it is simple enough
to be danced with strangers without worrying about messing up.
Merengue is relatively easy to learn
but it is not as popular as salsa.
Usually when salsa dancers want to catch a breath from dancing a lot of salsa,
then they would do 1 or 2 merengues a night.

I usually dance chacha, rumba, swing, waltz, a little foxtrot, salsa(not too good), merengue(I can fake it), tango(tricky dance), samba(lovely music but difficult dance).

I'll definitely go to see "Shall we dance"
when it goes to Dollar cinema in about a month.

The friend who told me about the dance at the forum
only knows a few steps of chacha
but he had a lot of fun dancing it there last Saturday.
He'll probably go again this week.