Can big girls swing dance?

Question

Yeah, just wondering. I enjoy it alot, but I am not sure if I can take formal classes or not

Answer 1

Big girls can do all the things little girls can do, as long as they don't squash anyone!

Answer 2

There is no reason at all not to take lessons, people of all shapes and sizes can be great dancers.

Depending on your size and the partners available you might have some problems when you get to lifts and tricks.  

Deal with that when you get there,  for now,  just have fun and take some classes.

Answer 3

why wouldnt they be able to?

Answer 4

There are always a few bigger women on those reality dance shows. So far, I've been impressed. To me, they standed out more and not in a bad way. As long as your dedicated, you will look and do just fine.

Answer 5

Big Bea would often carry Shorty George off the dance floor after a performance. That couple is one of the two or three most famous swing dance couples of all time. He also had a move where he sort of crab-walked through/between her legs that to this day is known as the Shorty George. Even as small as Mr. Snowden was, he wouldn't have been able to manage so well with a woman of normal size.

You really should look at the history of the Savoy Ballroom and Whitey's Lindy Hoppers. They were, after all, the ones who gave birth to and defined the genre back in the 1925-1935 era.

Answer 6

S'long as you feel the beat, there ain't nuttin stoppin ya.