Know Your Dance Partner

I was inspired to write this Blog by a book I just finished reading, called the “Ideal Wife” by 
Jacquelin Thomas. Jacquelin Thomas is a 
Christian Fiction Writer of Romance, who resides in North Carolina. I totally recommend her books! But I bet you are wondering, “what does this have to do with Dancing?”  Just you read and see. 

The Ideal Wife by Jacquelin Thomas is in short a book about a young christian woman named Jana who married a very wealthy and seemingly christian man named Lawrence. They married after only a short time of dating and she hardly knew anything about her new husband’s lifestyle. 

Jana was a student in Bible College until she got married and Lawrence was a "Dancer". BUT, not just any kind of "Dancer". Lawrence was into Swinging and Jana had no clue until a very unlikely incident unraveled itself to the point where Jana was put into harms ways by the very man who promised to love and protect her. You HAVE to read the book to find out the rest. ( See link below.)

This brings me to the topic of, "Know Your Dance Partner."

The Salsa World is still a rather small community, where we all for the most part know one another. However, we should still have a good idea of who our partner is and practice safety on the DANCE floor to ensure a happy and healthy dance experience.  Consider the following DANCE “healthniques!” 

Knowing you Partner

• It is advisable to have an idea of your potential next dance partner’s style and dance level, before the next song begins. (So ladies here is my plug-in to “It’s okay to ask Men to Dance!”) One way to do this is to observe the reactions of his previous dance partners while dancing and after the song is over. 

• Is he attentive to his partner or checking out other women?
• Is she making faces as if she’d rather be having a tooth pulled?

OR

• Is he making eye contact with her and making her feel like she is only one on the dance floor?
• Is she smiling from ear to ear and styling sexier than ever? 

Lastly, notice how they end the song.

• is she avoiding eye contact and running for her life?

OR 

• did he dip her deeper than the ocean floor?

To be continued in Part II.........

Check out Jacquelin Thomas' website!
http://www.jacquelinthomas.com/index.htm