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How to be confident on the dancefloor

Funny tutorial series



How to be confident on the dance floor, Giulia and Nuno focus on the attitudes dancers should have when warming up, entering the dance floor and preparing to perform. They ridicule top dancers’ behaviours that are copied and become ‘trendy,’ while at the same time revealing confidence as a gendered performance. Upon arriving on the dance floor, ladies are advised to 'shake their hips like you're possessed,’ while 'gentlemen' are told to 'just ignore their partner and clean their shoes,’ occasionally spitting on the floor and stepping on it to ensure a good grip on the parquet. Between dances, dancers aim to keep warm, which for men means jumping as high as possible while their female partner shakes repeatedly.

 

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