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It's MUCH better to dance horribley than just sit there bobbing your head wishing you could dance without caring.
In all honesty I really don't believe there is a "wrong" way to dance.
I agree, but you can still be an awful dancer. No rhythm = bad dancing. I've seen it a billion times. I'm sure the person is having a blast, but they really do look funny.
In Winnipeg, we call it Gabe-dancing. It's named after this dude that's been dancing at sporting events for like 30 years around Winnipeg. To give you a feel for all that is Gabe, I present to you, Dancin Gabe.
Post by destinyunbound on Mar 12, 2009 14:26:15 GMT -5
I agree with the idea of there being no such thing as bad dancers. yeah people can straight up coreograph stuff to go along with music. But if you are dancing in any sense of the word, you are just showing people "yeah this is my shit, i am so feeling this right now."
^Awesome! I once moon walked across a dance floor during Billy Jean at a bar. I was pretty drunk, so I'm sure I didn't look nearly as bad-ass as I thought I did. ps I like to wiggle
But during that drunken moment you probably thought that moonwalk was the most badass thing going on in the bar at the time....and thats what matters
In all honesty I really don't believe there is a "wrong" way to dance.
I agree, but you can still be an awful dancer. No rhythm = bad dancing. I've seen it a billion times. I'm sure the person is having a blast, but they really do look funny.
In Winnipeg, we call it Gabe-dancing. It's named after this dude that's been dancing at sporting events for like 30 years around Winnipeg. To give you a feel for all that is Gabe, I present to you, Dancin Gabe.
Dude looks like he got his moves from the Lollipop Guild in Wizard of Oz!
I am pretty sure I'm not a great dancer. Being from a very conservative area in AR, we didn't do much dancing growing up. The first time I caught myself outright grooving to the music was the first Mule show I saw. Since that time I'm a dancing mofo! The husband still hasn't shed the skin and emerged as a dancing butterfly though... I'm working on him!
Post by billclinton on Mar 12, 2009 17:01:00 GMT -5
I can't dance but I have 2 moves I'm particularly good at. The ET and the sprinkler. Neither of those moves are any good no matter who's doing them so I get close enough to where all I have to do is jump up and down and PARTAY!!!
i see a bunch of bad dancers at every festival i go to. i love it because everyone is just letting loose and having a good time. whereas if you just did that at a one-off show you might get some stares, everyone at a festie just accepts it...and it makes me feel more comfortable about my 'slick-ass' dance moves too!
Post by dancinginthedark on Mar 12, 2009 17:36:52 GMT -5
Add me to the list. Last year, while waiting on Robert Plant, my friends and I were REALLY getting down to Yonder Mountain String Band and Ozomatli. We had so much fun but I know we looked like we were all having some sort of synchronized attack-especially when the line dancing started...ah, good times.
At Junior Brown in 07 we watched a hippie in a sarong do a dance that consisted of violent jerking, swaying and periodicly hurling himself to the ground. all to country music! It was wildly innappropriate and a lotta fun to watch.
Post by Ian'sGotAFeeling on Mar 12, 2009 22:57:48 GMT -5
Before Tiesto I managed upon a guy who handed me some Holigraphic glasses after some business. Well I wore those glasses at Tiesto, and I must say, I didn't see any people but some did tap on my shoulder and ask me for my glasses several times. They handed them back to me and said my god how do you do it, your incredible man!! I just kept my massive grin and kept on dancing away. However bad I danced, I didn't care I felt in beat and it was great!
Post by strumntheguitar on Mar 12, 2009 23:38:54 GMT -5
During Langerado last year I was groovin all the way from the Chickee Hut where the New Deal raged my face to pieces to whatever the hell that stage was called where P. Groove was rippin it. It was right during Mayday, which is one of my favorite tunes by them...
The best part was is that I wasn't the only one.... EVERYONE was doing it. It was a massive groove along towards the stage. Epic.
i have to join the cant dance movement as well. but thats not gonna cramp my style at bonnaroo. its gonna be the only time this year that i get to bust loose and not care, so i am letting loose.
I actually find most dancing to be ridiculous looking, but there is such a thing as bad dancing. A few examples:
*The girl who confuses any poll-like structure for a stripper pole and attempts to show off her stripper moves. Entertaining fail. *The dude who feels rhythm in his knee and looks like some syncopated turtle moving to the beat. *The girl (or guy) who has taken a specific kind of dance class and then misapplies that style to a completely different musical genre. This one goes out to that girl who thinks she's being super sexy and seductive when she's dancing salsa to Daft Punk or Led Zeppelin or ABBA. *The guy (or girl) who thinks every song is a reggae song and does that mime walking bob dance to everything.
Post by strumntheguitar on Mar 13, 2009 0:12:43 GMT -5
^^While I agree that most of those examples probably look absolutely ridiculous when watching them, I think the important fact is that they are having a blast while doing whatever it is they're doing... that's all that matters. I'm not gonna laugh at somebody for having fun and looking ridiculous at the same time... only laugh with them
Post by BonnarooDetective on Mar 13, 2009 10:43:39 GMT -5
I hate the idea of someone that "can't dance". Anyone who has ever tried to look cool while they are dancing just doesn't get the point. Dancing is a means of self expression, just letting loose because the music makes your soul feel good. The people who really can't dance are the ones who are trying really hard to make it look like they are a good dancer, and are totally neglecting to cut loose and enjoy the music.
*The girl (or guy) who has taken a specific kind of dance class and then misapplies that style to a completely different musical genre. This one goes out to that girl who thinks she's being super sexy and seductive when she's dancing salsa to Daft Punk or Led Zeppelin or ABBA.
HAHAHAH There was a girl salsa dancing RIDICULOUSLY last night at Infected Mushroom. It was hilarious/great ;D
I love to dance... (obv, check the screenname ;D ) anywhere and everywhere is great! I like to think I'm a good dancer, but I may or may not look ridiculous! Whateva though, movement = love.
Post by StreetBum87 on Mar 13, 2009 10:51:06 GMT -5
Don't know much about dancin' That's why I got this song One of my legs is shorter than the other 'N' both my feet's too long 'Course now right along with 'em I got no natural rhythm But I go dancin' every night Hopin' one day I might get it right I'm a dancin' fool
Youwsa, youwsa, youwsa I got it all together now With my very own disco clothes, hey! My shirt's half open, t'show you my chains 'N' the spoon for up my nose I am really somethin' That's what you'd prob'ly say So smoke your little smoke Drink your little drink While I dance the night away, Im a Dancing Fool
