I love dancing. I love actually doing it, and, as a general rule, I love watching it. But what I absolutely can't stand is watching people dance when they have no apparent interest in dancing. I'm not talking about the guy whose girlfriend dragged him to a dance lesson; I'm talking about people who dance competitively or in performances, but look bored... or worse, totally emotionless. Why are you there? Why are you forcing innocent people to watch you "dance"? We have even less interest in watching you than you appear to have in dancing, if such a thing is possible. This is why I've disliked every Argentine Tango demonstration I've seen. All the people I've seen seem to think that it's good to look bored and/or asleep while dancing it.

So for everyone's sake, learn to enjoy dancing—if you can't bear dance, we can't bear to watch. If that's too much to ask, then for crying out load, at least plaster a semi-realistic expression of some kind on your face. If you can learn complicated step, surely you can at least try to have an attitude of some kind.

And no, swishing your skirt (ladies) or wearing a loud shirt (gentlemen), does not magically give you attitude. The shirt just makes you look stupid.

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