Even across an ocean and into a new world, we are still fascinated with the aristocracy and the old world.  We love a royal wedding for all the fairy-tale images of princes and princesses and all they represent.  We can feel we only can experience the fantasy of a royal wedding vicariously.  But ballroom dance can help us add a little bit of that wondrous romance to our everyday life.

Escapism

Tuning into the Royal Wedding helps us tune out the petty, mundane, or stressful aspects of our life for a moment.  We can immerse ourselves in a different world filled with sparkle and glamor and romance.  But why do this only for a single event when this respite from our troubles and obligations can give us such renewed energy and clarity?  Every time we get on the ballroom floor, we leave everything else behind.  Setting our troubles aside, even for an hour, can help fortify us for all the obligations and stresses of our everyday lives.

Grace and Glamor

We tune in for the spectacle: the cathedrals and the carriages, the uniforms and the gowns.  We love the opulence, the color, and the sparkle.  All of this, and even more, can be had in the ballroom world.  Whether a competition, a show, or even at a Friday night party, you can see the glitter of rhinestones, the flash of fringe, and the splash of color swirl on and off the floor.  The heady combination of adrenaline, music, and camaraderie inspire us to new heights.  We feel more confident because ballroom helps us feel more interesting, more capable, and more connected.

Nobility

The polish of the aristocracy give us a portrait of a leadership that not only can lead us, but that can do it with style and polish.  Nobility in less about birth and more about standing . . . posture, literally, in some respect, and unassailable calm and dignity, no matter the circumstance.  We like to say on the very first lesson that the ballroom dance studio is where the ladies get to be ladies and the gentleman are gentleman.  Learning to ballroom dance gives us that grace and poise that we associate with princes and queens.  Dancing also trains us to realize prestige is less about us personally and more about the partnership and the teamwork as a community.  We learn to not only look more like leaders, but to have the confidence and capacity to become better leaders–on and off the dance floor.

Connection

We are all invited to the Royal Wedding via social media.  We can participate by watching it all on television or by throwing parties where we drink champagne and wear fancy hats.  Continents of peoples come together with a common dream of splendor, pomp, and circumstance.  A Royal Wedding, in some respects, brings us all together as a human community in spite of our differences.  Everyone is also invited “to the ball” each and every week when you make ballroom dancing a part of your everyday life.  Ballroom dance is all about connection and inclusion.  When we enter the ballroom dance studio, we feel lighter and happier as we are greeted and encouraged throughout our lessons.  Rather than feeling like a wallflower at the dance, we get feel the confidence to get out on the dance floor and participate in the dream of dance, and in doing so, participate more fully in living a life more magical–creating our own story of beauty, elegance, and connection.

Ballroom dance elevates our confidence and regard.  Consider this your formal invitation to dance.  Don’t just sit and watch the story on television; create your own.  Make your appointment today to raise your expectations and your hopes for a life with more pageantry, grace, and magic;  come dance with us and discover the romance of ballroom.

 

 

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