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Sunday, June 25, 2006

BALLROOM DANCING - TAKE THE LEAD (THE MOVIE)




Take The Lead, a movie about ballroom dancing, starring Anthonio Banderas and the rest, unknown to me. Went to Times Square this afternoon for this movie, as I love to learn dancing ;)

This movie cleared a lot of wrong perceiption that dancing was meant for "sissy" guys. Many of us think that dancing is just too feminine for guys. It was said (in this movie) that ballroom dancing was meant for men who was just as strong and dominant as warriors in the older days.

In ballroom dancing, such as waltz, salsa, rhumba, tango etc, men leads and ladies will follow, however, ladies may have the option either to go with him or not. Dancing is about trust, and mutual understanding between the two partners. It trains ladies to be more confident of what she will choose for herself, and for men, he will learn to respect the lady he loves, and appreciate her to love her forever.


Among all the ballroom dances, I still prefer tango, a dance that impossible to do without trust and love. I still remember when I watched Happy Together, a gay film, starring Tony Leung and the late Lestie Cheung and directed by Wong Kar Wai, tango was being used as to represent the gay couples' love was similar to the straight ones. The scene where Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung performed tango dance is so sexy and adorable.

Guys performing tango are so macho, can really can see his masculine character, i.e. powerful, dominant and stylish.

Fitness First will be launching ballroom dancing next month. I can't wait to be there for the first class.

Some scenes from the Take The Lead:





10 Comments:

At 4:05 PM, Blogger pakcik said...

wah..watching the movie, didnt invite me to join in. somemore so near to my place already :(

 
At 12:09 AM, Blogger Shake Trees said...

yeah, i had the same wrong perception but after watching a show duno called wat, i seemed to like it too. its like u can dance away ur probs. i like salsa. ;)

 
At 12:50 AM, Blogger Bryan said...

Art: Safe journey to US, and I'll miss you here.

pakcik: I wanted to watch with you, but think again.. how to contact you, hah? Ha ha ha. Anyway, I was watching alone. Next movie, Superman Returns

cibetronic: Salsa is cool. Can shake your bon bon ;)

 
At 4:27 AM, Blogger pakcik said...

then next time buzz me lor. drop me an email. i buzz u my phone number from there : mail2pakcik@hotmail.com

 
At 9:22 AM, Blogger senaiboy said...

haha. guess wat, i'm learning latin dance now =P. we still suck, but we enjoy it a lot. but i wonder how do 2 guys dance tho.. the dance steps are for guy and girl. it'll be weird, won't it? ^^"

ah btw, i haven't get to watch "happy together' yet =(. anyone got the dvd or know where to download?

 
At 6:08 PM, Blogger Hafiz Hector said...

Wah wah wah. From Yogi to Psychiatrist, now Ball Room Dancer? Choose lah 1 profession. Superman returns we go together ok! Happy Together. Nice movie, watched so many times. Tony Leung soooo adorable in there!

 
At 1:49 AM, Blogger Bryan said...

Senaiboy: Latin dance is one of the best dance in the world where it bring awareness to ur body. You shake as you feel the music around you. When I first started to learn, I felt that I was like a robot. Thanks to the instructor, she said don't worry, practice makes perfect. Happy Together DVD, I have it. I think you can get from Speedy (if you don't mind to pay for the original price), and it was not censored. Enjoy the first love making scene where Tony Leung fucked Leslie Cheung. Opps.. cannot elaborate further, CENSORED ha ha... and also how sexy they danced together in tango.

Hafiz-Hector: Good to be flexible in work and hmmm... bed.. ha ha. Of course u like Yony la, short hair and toned body in that movie. Mata also quite sepet. We discuss on the Superman movie on the date and time, ok? Total 5 of us.

 
At 6:24 PM, Blogger joshua said...

Good good movie there. Not so much of the plot. But whoa, the dance moves... were really impressive.

 
At 6:38 AM, Blogger Bryan said...

Joshua: I think u enjoyed it as much as I did. Actually while i was in penang last week, intended to watch it at Gurney Plaza. But too lazy to go out from hotel, so sleep early. Ha ha. Even i didn't go to FF IP for quite some time.

 
At 10:04 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

oh man...i love ballroom dancing...i do it everyday...it's amazing...esp latin i agree...although i'm looking towards the modern styles now coz it looks really suave esp the foxtrot...i'd love to win the ten-dance comp one day...

 

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