Oh and also...I have heard people in the past saying they were afraid to try dancing because they are "bad dancers". This is because when they try to "dance", they end up doing the white-man's overbite and/or the Elaine Bennis, and people make fun of them.
Then these same people go to a ballroom or swing class and find out they are actually naturals at it.
This is because the typical thing people think of as "dancing" (ie: white man's overbite) is nothing like partner dancing. Nothing at all. They are not the same thing. In fact, some girl or dude in a swingin' hot spot "dance club" who is doing the bump and grind and who may appear to be a "good dancer", will find that when they go to try partner dancing, they can't do it. It is very complex and not every one can...but I have met so many people who can't do that club/white-man's overbite type of neck jive, but who CAN figure out how to swing their partner across the floor to the delight of both.
So even if you feel you "can't dance" or have two left feet, don't rule it out until you at least try it for a few lessons.
Many dance venues have a free beginner's lesson before their social dance that night. So find a dance venue, find out what night their weekly thing is, and find out what time the lesson starts. At the lesson, you will meet other beginners, so you won't feel like you are the only one who doesn't know how to do this. Usually, they make you rotate partners during the lesson, so you meet everyone at your lesson. And then hopefully the other beginners will stick around when the dance starts, so you have someone you've already met to dance with a couple of times.
