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Old 13-10-2015, 11:02
dancingbearbear
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The Official Digital Spy Ballroom Dance Glossary.

Strictly unapproved by the National Federation of Ballroom Dancers and Teachers. Or whatever it's called.

Tango. Man looks angry. Woman looks like shop mannequin. Stomp diagonally across the floor with bent legs. Stomp back. Do a few kicks. Stomp.

Foxtrot. Walking abaht.

Rumba. Walking abaht slowly while posing and hailing a taxi. Slowly. Woman dressed in bikini with tablecloth draped across her.

Paso Doble. Man looking like he is balancing a slug on his top lip. Woman looks angry. Or blank. Cape faffing. Drag. Walk. Drag. Walk. Drag. Man dominant. Though looks a complete berk. Ole' optional. Woman dressed in sheet that can become cape. Man in jacket several sizes too small.

Waltz. Head on shoulder cheesy opening. Or step bothering. Twirl. Left. Twirl. Right. Spin. Twirl. Tumble dry. End up smooching.

Quickstep. Hop. Skip. Stumble. Tumble.

Salsa. Flail flail flail.

Samba. Stupid. Man tries to break woman's back rolling. Run around together. Fall over. Bounce bounce bounce. Like Tigger. Woman dressed in half a swimming costume with feathers stuck to it.

Argentine Tango. Man tries to break woman's legs. Scissor scissor. Lift. Scissor. Woman tries to break something else of man's.

American Smooth. Walking abaht with some twirly stuff. Picking laydee up and twirling.

Viennese Waltz. Spin. Spin. Spin. Dizzy. Bucket. Vomit. End. Woman in dress with washing hanging off ends.

Jive. Trying to flick gum off your shoe while flailing. For small people. Not for tall. If choreographed by D Bennett some tie related activity. At end show off splits. Like drunk bird out of pub.

Cha Cha Cha. Flail flail flail to different beat. Hailing taxi. Fast. Woman dressed in old tasselled lampshade.

Group dance. Unrecognisable. Random jigging abaht. Everyone doing a different style to everyone else. All out of time.

Showdance. Weight lifting contest. Or manic grinning and leaping abaht to show tune. Or rolling a foil wrapped turkey around to a power ballad. Roll. Heave. Anatomy.
I've either not seen this before, or my addled brain had forgotten it ~ either way, it's brilliant!
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Old 13-10-2015, 11:49
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I really do think the judges should get a copy of this every year, it would provide consistency in their marking, I mean when you at PDuh 's Paso ,no slug no cape, no ole, no walking, no dragging, the only thing he managed was looking like a berk. Why even his waistcoat was several sizes too large 😬
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Old 13-10-2015, 13:03
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Very funny and ... I recognise the character of each dance in the descriptions!
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Old 13-10-2015, 18:31
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Thanks for resurrecting this - I needed a reminder of the difference between Salsa / Samba and Cha Cha. Perhaps someone should give Anton a copy?
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