Can you teach someone to dance?

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I have been asked a favour by a male friend of mine to teach him how to dance. Now, in my opinion you can teach anyone to waltz, or slow dance but he just wants to be able to go out on the dancefloor and “shake his thing”. Nothing fancy, but as I have heard from many males, they just feel stupid on the dancefloor.

Now, how exactly do I go about teaching someone to dance. (Can you even teach someone to fast dance?) I personally am a pretty okay dancer, I dont feel dumb while I am dancing, but I cant exactly just say “copy what I do” can I?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, he is a very sweet guy and is learning to dance so that his girlfriend will have someone to dance with. Thanks :slight_smile:

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Teaching him to waltz and slow dance would be a good start. Later, he’ll thank you for making him learn that. As for teaching the fast stuff, there’s nothing like practice! Maybe pick out some really good dance songs, and just go at it in the living room or on the back porch. It’s like riding a bicycle, once he gets it, he’ll have it!

Hopefully, some pro who knows about teaching dancing will help you more. I’m just a guy who loves dancing in bars that have a good band.

Good luck!

PS: IIRC, CanvasShoes is a dance instructor. Maybe she’ll check this thread.