Why can't we have same sex couples?
bethwaddel
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I understand different sex are majority, but as a lesbian and a fan why can we we not have at at least 2 same sex couples dancing on a prime time show?
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bethwaddel
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On a different show, yes, on a traditional ballroom dancing show, no.
Same sex couples dancing ballroom, usually ladies of a certain age without male partners, are all too often seen in real life. SCD is fantasy world, where every boy meets a gal.
And Brucie's jokes about such pairings would be way off beam.
1. It would be hideous
2. It would overwhelm the show
3. There is scope for a special show
Sorry OP, couldn't resist. But your point is a worthy one.
It was Israel and they were voted out after this....er....thing....
http://youtu.be/nHy02KjgFFw
They don't have to be gay, but they have to be willing to take up such a partnership. Dancing inevitably involves a level of intimacy. Some pro dancers may feel uncomfortable being that intimate with a same sex partner. It's not homophobia, it's just a matter of fact. My brother's girfriend is a ballroom and latin dance teacher, and she find it really uncomfortable teaching the rumba to ladies, where she has to play the male role when they are dancing together.
So my bottom line is, it needs a willing celebrity and a willing pro dancer for a same sex pairing to work out.
Because it would make Len's head explode.
Yes, why don't we have a same sex couple.?
Coz it's silly. The quality of dance would suffer and it'd turn into a freak show.
Apart from that, marvellous idea.
But I wouldn't dance socially with another man.
I think I might
On the israel version when they had a female/female couple I don't know if the Pro was gay but the celeb was. I don't think the Pro was gay, though could be wrong.
There are always more females than males wanting to dance so if not partnering another female some women will face the awful bore of sitting out all night. There will not be this reason for man-man couples.
I looked up Ian's and Natalie's 13-nights Scandinavian dance cruise costing £2K to £4.5K per person. This price range inevitably leads to older customers. In their group photo from last summer I counted 41 women and 23 men.
One word - Brucie - could you imagine him attempting to handle it without spontaneously combusting in a frenzy of complete cringedom :eek:
That said, I'd happily pay good money to watch Artem and James rhumba together each week
Will they be selling tickets?
Given his "Have you ever danced with a nancy" bit last year, I can't imagine where he'd go!
You would think same-sex dancing would fall into this category, and falling foul of ex-KGB Putin is no laughing matter.
The Beeb would never have the nerve.
There would be an uproar and screaming from every quarter about 'family entertainment' etc, etc.
I know. It's 2012. In the UK/European Argentine Tango world/crowd it is already totally accepted and promoted and no one bats an eye. To us it's just as things should be and at a milongas (AT dances) two men or two women dancing together is never a big deal. It'd the norm and we don't care if they are gay/straight/bi. No big deal. Tends to be in London mostly though. No surprise.
Can't see that EVER happening on SCD.
Yep. What he says. Totally agree.