do you think that ball-room dancing is just for girls?

Question

i was registering for school and i had ball-room dancing instead of gym. the counseler told me that that was mostly a girl's class and wouldn't take the place of gym (and i know it would because my guidence counseler told me). she then erased it and put gym in. do you guys think that ball-room is for girls only?

Answer 1

NO, sounds like a closed minded counselor to me. I guess it never dawned on her that the fact that there were mostly girls in that class may be the reason you wanted to take it.
The guys at my school who wanted to have classes full of girls had to take home economics and learn to bake cakes.
Dance if you want to!

Answer 2

Hey Larry the Cable Guy:
Your counsellor has a funny sense of humour. If you have ever watched ballroom dancing, you'll notice that all ball room dances involve two people. A couple. A boy and a girl. A guy and a gal. A man and a woman. Probably what's happened is that so few guys have signed up for ballroom dancing in high school that he was afraid you'd be swamped in class. Everyone would want you to partner them! Sorry she wouldn't think it counted in place of gym. She has obviously never seen (or done) some of the Latin ballroom dances. Mambo, cha-cha, rhumba more definitely give you a good workout!
You might ask that counsellor, if you see her again, where she thinks the male partners for the girls in ballroom come from?

Answer 3

I don't know what was going through the counselor's head. Maybe she thought ballroom dancing was mostly about singles dancing. Or maybe guys never sign up for the class, so the instructor calls it ballroom dancing but they really teach freeform singles dancing. In any case, as soon as the class starts, you should stop by and talk to the instructor. The instructor may be wanting more males in the class, in which case you can drop gym and sign up for dance at that time.

Ballroom dance is couples dancing. Always. A guy and a gal get in a tight embrace, and they dance together. You can *practice* it individually, but you need a second person in order to get out on the dance floor to *do* it.

Women tend to outnumber men at social ballroom dance events, so good male dancers tend to be in demand. I often see two women dancing together when they can't find any men to dance with (the better dancer takes the man's part), but obviously it's preferable to dance with a man.

I think men tend to shy away from ballroom dancing (and couples dancing in general) because you have to be very good to lead the dance properly. I do a lot of drilling in order to get the steps down perfectly. The leader can't be thinking about the step that he's currently doing--he always has to be thinking ahead to the next step. So the man has to have the steps down pretty good. I also practice the woman's part as well, so that I can see how I need to lead the step. By comparison, my wife doesn't practice her steps all that much. Since she's following on all the steps, all she really needs is a good strong lead. She doesn't have to think ahead, so there's no need to drill the steps endlessly. Drilling will just bore her. Besides, if she's rusty on a new step, she knows that she can count on me to hold her tight and muscle her along through it on the dance floor until she gets it right.

So when it comes to couples dancing, I'm firmly convinced that the guy's got the hard part (despite the old joke about Ginger Rogers and how tough it is for women to dance backward in heels). But the payoff is that when the man takes the time to learn the steps properly, he will be very much in demand. Women love a man who can dance. :-)

Answer 4

Ball room dancing is definitely a guy-girl activity, and it counts as a phys ed credit- talk to a different counselor, take the class, and have fun! You aren't going to learn anything new in regular gym class, and girls love it when a guy knows how to dance.

Answer 5

obviously its not because you have to have a guy to dance with. maybe she meant that is a class that usually only girls take. the guys might be embaressed to take a class like that. but it most definaltley is not just for girls.... you cant do it without a boy to dance with!! in ballroom dancing, the boys lead the girls in the dance and the girls follow.

Answer 6

I would have a serious talk with my counselor and report this very ignorant teacher. He/she has not a clue. Ballroom is the HARDEST sport you will ever encounter. It is easy to do badly, like playing baseball...badly. But, to do it well requires immense muscle control, huge memory capacity, and all the rhythm you can drum up. Jerry Rice, on "Dancing with the stars" said it best..."Football was easy compared to this.!" UNLIKE most sports, ballroom will be used your entire life, will always make you popular, and is great exercise. Good luck

Answer 7

Nope-I'm a guy, and that's the only kind of dancing I do...waltz especially...though I want to learn to tango. The girls have to have someone to dance with! Just look at some people tangoing--that will be a useful skill in life!

Answer 8

Do you see girls dancing with girls if you've ever seen anything ball-room related on television?

I thought not. Obviously it's for both sexes, or you would have no one to dance with, unless you're like me and would much rather dance with men.

Answer 9

Not for girls only! It irritates me when anyone says that any dance is for girls only! I love watching ballroom, and I have to say that in my opinion ballroom can make the male look veeeery sexy lol. I don't know what it is....there's just something about it.

Answer 10

there are usually more girls than guys in a ballroom dancing class - that means you will meet a lot more girls dancing than you will playing football - think about it.