In the contra and English country dance world, these are still considered the only polite options.
There is one other that I sometimes use: "I'm trying to dance with new people for the first part of the evening." But I only say this when I mean it, and I've used it to turn down people I'd be perfectly happy to dance with.
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Date: 2006-02-24 05:04 pm (UTC)There is one other that I sometimes use: "I'm trying to dance with new people for the first part of the evening." But I only say this when I mean it, and I've used it to turn down people I'd be perfectly happy to dance with.