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post #31 of 43
7/8/09 at 10:49pm
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Originally Posted by JLibourel View Post
I don't know how much correlation there is between boxing and dancing. In my younger days, I was a fairly competent boxer, but I have always been the world's worst dancer, much to my regret. FWIW, Floyd Mayweather, one of the best boxers of our time, was eliminated quite early from "Dancing with the Stars," unlike many other athletes.

Weight training won't do jack to help make you a better dancer.

Enrolling in dancing classes would be the best way to make you a better dancer, but unless you have some measure of natural talent and aptitude, it will be a waste of time.

Well I have no natural aptitude for dancing either, but have considered taking dances classes so, when the rare occasion calls for it, I can pull out something other than a purely-in-jest club grind (which always makes me feel ridiculous anyway.)
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post #32 of 43
7/8/09 at 11:04pm
Somehow I knew wmmk made this threak. It might work also to continue bulking up, as all of the awkward looking people I see are waifs.
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post #33 of 43
7/8/09 at 11:28pm
You just have to be born with it. Some people are born ugly, others are born to be athletes, etc. I don't believe in fatalism, but there is some truth to it.

Also, do people swim 5 days a week in order to be really good runners? No. Do people study calculus in order to be historians? No. Then, if your desire is to be a better dancer, why not take some dancing classes?
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post #34 of 43
7/9/09 at 1:10pm
im pretty coordinated and i think it just comes naturally. some amazing athletic people are uncoordianted as fuck. you cant help it, but its mostly natural. i see guys come into my boxing gym who have absolutely no coordination and i know theyll always be crap. (because it takes them ten times more effort to learn then someone coordinated, but they wont take the time)
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post #35 of 43
7/9/09 at 1:40pm
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Originally Posted by fredfred View Post
It seems like nobody here can dance.

You have to feel either all of the music or the beat to dance. Boxing, etc., won't help with that.

If you can't sense/feel the beat, then you have to find it. Play something with a heavy bass line and feel it.

If you want to have fun with it, find some girl you like or trust... or better yet, find a girl on the school's modern dance group. Tell her, "Look, will you do me a huge favor? I can't dance worth a damn, and you seem really cool. Come over to my place and teach me how to dance. I'll trade you tutoring, buy you new dance shoes, whatever you want. But you seem like you have a grace about you and I figure since you are on in the dance company you must really love music and dancing. "

It's worth a shot.

MAke sure to wear your desert boots and don't forget the rope!
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post #36 of 43
7/9/09 at 1:44pm
Martial arts improved my balance but didn't make me dance any better.
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post #37 of 43
7/9/09 at 1:45pm
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Originally Posted by DocHolliday View Post
Martial arts improved my balance but didn't make me dance any better.

It helped my dancing, but dance lessons helped more. But the martial arts I did tended to have a lot of circular movements that carried over to some of the dancing. Other martial arts would probably be less helpful.
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post #38 of 43
7/9/09 at 3:03pm
OP, are you already in shape? If not boxing isn't going to help you much, neither is actual dance classes.
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post #39 of 43
7/9/09 at 3:26pm
Thread Starter 
Hey, thanks for the advice, everyone. Just to clarify, I don't aim to be a great dancer. I'd just like to feel/look more natural when I'm swaying around at indie shows, walking, and existing.

To answer some of your questions, I'm in decent shape. Definitely on the thin side, but I've been lifting and trying to bulk up a little. I play double bass in a couple orchestras, so I think my rhythm is pretty good. It's just that I look weird when I'm moving to the rhythm at concerts.

So I guess I'll try boxing. I guess it could also help build confidence, make me
less flinch-y, etc., right?

Thanks again.
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post #40 of 43
7/9/09 at 3:36pm
I'm a decent dancer but physically awkward in all other aspects of life at age 27
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post #41 of 43
7/9/09 at 5:44pm
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Originally Posted by blackbowtie View Post
A friend of mine - yes, it is a friend - remedied his physical awkwardness by dancing by himself in front of the mirror.
How long have you and conne known each other?
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post #42 of 43
7/9/09 at 10:06pm
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Originally Posted by Dakota rube View Post
How long have you and conne known each other?

Ever since he was introduced by Domindart.
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post #43 of 43
7/10/09 at 5:29pm
Alcohol is suggested. It will calm your nerves
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