Teach myself to dance?

[Sputnik S]

I'd really like to teach myself to dance. Any classical dance, like ballet, or ballroom, or even just how to dance at a party without tripping over myself. An old fashioned dance like minuet would be nice too. Does anyone have any sources? (free, please)

 

[Amanda]

Just start by putting on music and moving around to it. Try not to be choppy, just natural. Its painful to watch choppy dancers! They look uncoordinated! Then start with some basics like leaps: getting fairly high in the air, having both legs straight, along with straight arms, one forward, one to the side, and then landing without sounding like an elephant jumping! Work on kicking; get as high as you possibly can with your leg straight. With EVERYTHING that you do when your feet are off the ground, point your feet so it looks nice and graceful. It looks so bad when people jump and they have flat clown-ish feet! Good luck! Also, look on youtube for some techniques, but those are just some starters. Good luckkk