My Experience with Ballroom Dancing

Many people have asked me as a dance teacher, what exactly is ballroom dancing, and where can I take good lessons?  Unfortunately where I take dance, they do not offer ballroom dancing, but I normally tell people to google ballroom dancing, and a place locally near them should be listed.  I do not know any off hand that offers this type of dance.

Ballroom dancing, I have found, has been mostly for adults.  This is because ballroom dancing is an older type of dance and is more recognized during their time.  Younger people find that ballroom dancing is extremely boring and do not care for it.

When I was 12 years old, my dad wanted to try ballroom dancing and since I was the dancer in the family, he choose me to go with him.  We took lessons at our local gym twice a week, and at first I thought it was so boring because it was not the "typical" dancing that I was used to.  After I kept going to the classes with my dad, I really began to enjoy it because it got more interesting each time I went.  It was also a type of dance that my dad didn't even mind doing. 

Also I enjoyed ballroom dancing because I had so much dance experience behind me I was so good at ballroom dancing.  Everyone was watching my dad and I and the teacher would always use me as a model.  At twelve, that made me feel special, I guess.

I also liked what was worn during ballroom dancing.  I get to wear these pretty flowing dresses just like they used back in Europe where ballroom dancing was discovered.  I love to wear dresses, so it was really cool that I got to wear what I liked and I got to dance, which I always loved doing. 

Even if you do not think ballroom dancing is for you, I think that everyone should give it a try.  At first I hated it, but I really enjoyed it because I actually tried it. =)