Sex Advice from Ballet Dancers

Q: What’s the best way to pick up a ballet dancer? A: Lift close to your body, feet shoulder-width apart, and keep your back straight.

By Amanda Green

Eric, 25

What's the best reason to date a ballet dancer?
Most of the people I've dated have been ballet dancers, so I guess for me it's sheer convenience. For the layperson? Beyond our fabled flexibility and stage-ready good looks, our poor body images and low self-esteem make us eager to please.

Is it true that the better you dance, the better you are in bed?
I think that's true for exotic dancers. Skills on a pole may be applied directly to the sack. The same may be said for non-professionals with a flair for the sexy in the club. I'm not sure technical or artistic achievement in ballet has any connection to sexual performance, unless you happen to enjoy systematic lovemaking with clear positions and clean lines.

What are some ballet moves anyone can incorporate into their sex life?
The straight guys in the dressing room seem to think that fucking a girl in a penchée would be magical.

What's the best way to pick up a ballet dancer?
Lift close to your body, feet shoulder-width apart, bend your knees, keep your back straight, tighten your stomach muscles, and lift with your legs. Seriously, though — alcohol, conversation, and more alcohol. Dancers: they're just like you.

What's the sexiest movie dance scene?
Every scene in Showgirls.

I'm a gay man and committed to my boyfriend of six months. Lately, he's talking about how we shouldn't be using condoms since we're monogamous. I'm not planning on sleeping around, but this scares me. What should I do?
If you haven't already told him that barebacking scares you, do so. Then make an afternoon of going to get tested together. Share your results; and if all's well, do away with the latex. Explain the consequences of undisclosed infidelities by making your boyfriend watch footage from the Lorena Bobbitt trial on YouTube.

I recently ran into one of my old high-school teachers at a bar. We talked and ended up making out. At the end of the night, she asked if we could see each other again. I had fun, but I'm a little worried — should I back out or just go for it?
Just go for it. You're not Josie Grossie anymore.

I'm really turned on by the idea of watching my boyfriend have sex with another guy. He's been with guys before, but not for a long time. How do I gauge his interest in it without freaking him out?
Next time it's movie night, pop in Shortbus. It can facilitate all kinds of crazy discussions. Slip your voyeuristic fetish into the conversation casually and try to get a sense of whether or not he would be interested in performing an excerpt from his previous life as a man who had sex with men.

My girlfriend keeps asking me to "play rough." I want to please her, but the idea of "hurting" women —even playfully — freaks me out. How can I relax and enjoy it more?
If she wants to play rough, you're going to have to get off your male-feminist high horse. The Ying-Yang Twins would tell you to "beat the puss up, beat the puss up." Man up.