Not even for Ballroom purposes?
That's not as dumb as it sounds, everyone who competes above a certain level of prowess in Ballroom has orange skin. It's tradition, or some shit. Ms Foxtrot and I are approaching this level.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 21 May 2010, 8:18, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Yes but
there's fake tan and then there's looking like you've been tangoed, or hit by some sort of powdery orange bomb. The latter is not acceptable, the former (ie, taking the edge off the blinding whiteness of your limbs) is.
(berk, Fri 21 May 2010, 8:22, Reply)

Why do you need to be anything other than natural healthy looking?
Do eskimo ballroom dancers spray up a nice orange, or asian ones tone down?

The whole colour thing screams out, "I look like a vacuous twat."
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 21 May 2010, 8:27, Reply)

^this
It's like the sales girls behind the 'beauty' counters in department stores. I think they must have competitions among the staff to see who can have the orangest face. On a scale running from satsuma to Jaffa.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 21 May 2010, 8:28, Reply)

Ballroom dancing is mostly about looking like a vacuous (and, ideally, arrogant) twat
That and technique
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 21 May 2010, 8:29, Reply)

and being south african and a bit racist

(Bazongaloid, Fri 21 May 2010, 8:33, Reply)

Unless you're calling Nicole Cutler a racist,
you've lost me
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 21 May 2010, 8:37, Reply)

I thought it was about making it look effortless.
Gliding around as if the physical and mental discipline necessary was part of your DNA and no trouble at all.

But really it is about looking like an orange twat.

Find something more important to do, perhaps helping the non orange homeless.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 21 May 2010, 8:37, Reply)

That would be the technique part

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 21 May 2010, 8:40, Reply)

So you could be Gene Kelly on a good day,
But get marked down for not being orange enough?

Is the whole of the ballroom dancing world sponsored by the makers of beta carrotine?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 21 May 2010, 8:45, Reply)

No, but it SHOULD be!
Yes, I have seen people marked down for not looking the part sufficiently. No, it doesn't make sense. And before you say it, I know this makes a mockery of the "competition" aspect. Genuinely, it is mostly about technique, but you have to play the game
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 21 May 2010, 8:49, Reply)

Agreed
I was hoping for the latter. Although the top level of Ballroom is populated by the former
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 21 May 2010, 8:30, Reply)

Would you
rather look the part, and look like a twat though, or neither? It's not like layering shite on to your skin is going to make you dance any better, and you'd look fucking stupid when you went to do your rock DJing stuff.
(berk, Fri 21 May 2010, 8:32, Reply)

This is a very good point
I'm impressed that you knew that about me and thought of it!
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 21 May 2010, 8:34, Reply)