Become an Awesome Social Jive Dancer

Go from being clumsy, confused and unsure of what you’re doing … to smooth, suave and confident.

Learn how to transform yourself into a confident social dance jiver!

Have you ever gone with friends for a night out to a restaurant or gymkhana and seen other couples dancing, while you, sitting at your table, longed to be able to do something like that? Instead, you watch others laughing, smiling, having fun dancing with random strangers while you pretend to enjoy your meals, quietly ignoring the vibe and enthusiasm of the dancers.

But, what if you could simply get up and ask some random guy or girl, at the bar or on the floor, for a dance… wouldn’t that be dreamy… just like in the movies. I remember watching Dirty Dancing and being mesmerized by two scenes- The famous ‘Time of your Life’ ending dance scene where Baby gets lifted up, and the scene about the watermelons, where Baby enters a world she would never have dreamed of – a world so unlike what her parents had… a world where couples just danced!

Just imagine what an amazing change it would be in your life if…

– You tagged along with your friends to a place, and unknown to you all, there was a dance social on and a cute guy, assuming that you were there for dancing, asked if you would like to dance. Wouldn’t it be a dream to not have to turn him down?

– You have the confidence to go ask that girl, dressed sexily in black, to jive.

– Your closest friends come up and say they wished they could dance just like you.

– Random people come up to you and say that you dance beautifully

– You no longer have to hold a drink in your hand, just to have an excuse for not wanting to dance at weddings.

How do you visualize your ideal life to be

Well, I can tell you that from my experience social dancing for over a decade, all of the above are possible. In fact, they are more than just possible!

• It’s not just about learning steps to show off, but also for the first time in my life I had choices. I could go for a dance social or function, and NOT dance at all… not because I didn’t know how to, but because I didn’t want to. I was in control, not shy nor awkward or clumsy, having to hide behind vodka shots.

• I suddenly realised that I now had a whole new set of friends from different dance schools across Mumbai. While many of them were from Bandra, the more I went to the Willingdon Gym & Catholic Gymkhana at Charni Road, the more I started to see the same set of faces. Even the live band and DJs came to know me due to familiarity.

• I got invited to hundreds of social dance gatherings that I never knew even existed! Wednesday nights were at the Bandra gym, Saturdays at the Catholic gym or Willingdon, Tuesdays were jive nights at Bandra, whereas Fridays were reserved for jiving in Malad!

• Friends’ parties were a breeze. I no longer had to hide behind my glass of beer and worry about embarrassing myself if there was some cool Elvis music rocking and I was forced to pair up with a random girl just because everyone else was dancing. In fact, it became the opposite! Other couples stopped their dancing to accommodate me!!

• And of course, the highlight of the year was the Christmas dance. Only after learning dance, did I start attending it and this was when I realised that I had a talent which others on the floor didn’t. The Christmas dance has more than 800 people crammed onto the floor, but I didn’t have to worry about ‘accidently’ elbowing some random stranger or stepping on my partner’s toes because I knew how to dance [whereas other guys constantly stared at their feet, trying to avoid stepping on anyone’s toes].

• PS – I also got to mess around trying fun drops too!

PS – I also got to mess around trying fun drops too!

If this is your reality as well, then it’s time to change it.

In truth, this is what makes couple dancing exciting; the fact that you will be dancing with those other than your husband, wife, brother, sister, cousin. While you might still be scared, if you learn the right way first, and understand each step’s functionality, break it down and learn how to innovate, you won’t be wasting money and time.

In your new reality, you will always focus on training the right way and learning the learn key constructs of how a step is formed first.

Over the years, this mindset of understanding what you’re learning has led me to:

Learn dance forms such as the Chacha, Jive, Waltz, Rumba, Samba, Merengue, Salsa

Understand musicality better than most others who have been dancing for over 5 years

Participate in All India DanceSport Federation 2010 held in Delhi

Secure 4^th place in the State competition held in Maharashtra.

Understand how to breakup dance steps from Insta & YouTube videos into their basic fundamental constructs,

Found Alssocialdance to help others learn how to Jive and rock on the dancefloor

You will learn

-Social Jive [Partner dance form] fundamentals along with multiple steps

-Leading & Following. How to lead and how to follow different types of handholds and footwork

-Construction and framework of how 4/4 music works [enabling you to understand which Pop music songs you can jive to and which ones you can’t]

-Musicality. When should you add in a drop or lunge to add flavour to your dance moves? You can’t just add it n randomly now, can you?

-How to improve your dance craft on the floor so as to not cause a hindrance to your partner or anyone else on the social dance floor. After all, everyone comes there to just have fun, not to elbow shove one another.

Using the methods in this course, you will develop skills that will help you shine on the dancefloor.

Is AlsSocialDance right for you?

Learning to Jive is not for everyone

If you:

– Have absolutely no clue what jiving is and have never seen it at parties, weddings or online;

– Cannot invest 2 hrs per week to come for class

– Have no intention of ever dancing socially

– Prefer to always dance with only your spouse and don’t want to dance with other men or women

Then I’m telling you upfront not to join in.

But if on the other hand, you have a desire to try something that is easy, fun and exciting then, the social jive is for you.

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