Hi
I've only been learning for a few months, but my partner and I are coming along (technically) quite well. I was wondering what the trick is to making the "story" behind the dance convincing?
How do non-romantic partners give the impression that they're so deeply IN love they might trip? Learning the steps is easy, putting in some flair is proving the true challenge.

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I guess I object to the question. I dont want to seem to be in love romantically with my daughter when we dance. I would like to look like we are really enjoying the dance and all of its movement aspects, relishing the lead-follow cooperation between us, really acing the technique, and loving that we are doing it right and look good.

Jerry

You make a good point...however I am not related in any way to my partner so I guess I would like to seem as if we were more....connected.

Romantic image or not, theres still a kind of flair (I believe) needed to make the dance look especially good. Watching competitive dancers...still takes my breath away every time.

A lot of what you see pros doing really comes down to technique--really using the lead-follow connection, really placing feet exactly where and how they should be, transfering weight properly, using feet, knees, and hips right in latin/rhythm dancing, creating arm styling by initiating the movement in the core, etc. If you've only been dancing a few months, it will take a while before your technique is up to all that.

A little bit of it is acting. You can play around with that in practice if you want to. But I would advise against trying too hard to incorporate the "flash and trash" in your dancing before you have a really solid technical base. Your styling will improve gradually along with your technical improvement.