Modern trends in music have made it so solo dancing is the main social way to dance. This has destroyed the way 2 bodies can communicate as one, also the feeling it gives a person to lead and be lead without worry.( those of you that are dancers know) When i started dancing over 20 years ago, the girls where fighting over who should dance with the only boy in the room, as the music and dance forms where for pairs NOT SOLO. I feel because of all of the music trends and solo danceforms, we have learn to be SOLO on the danced floor :-( Not a lot of Men know how to take a woman and lead her on the dance floor. Dancing many years ago was what started dates and marriages, and these relationships are still strong today after all these years.
p.s (don't get me wrong I'm a trainer in SOLO hip hop, breaking, disco etc... in addition to PAIRS latin,ballroom, old time / sequence, salsa etc..)
simonw3804: Modern trends in music have made it so solo dancing is the main social way to dance. This has destroyed the way 2 bodies can communicate as one, also the feeling it gives a person to lead and be lead without worry.( those of you that are dancers know) When i started dancing over 20 years ago, the girls where fighting over who should dance with the only boy in the room, as the music and dance forms where for pairs NOT SOLO. I feel because of all of the music trends and solo danceforms, we have learn to be SOLO on the danced floor :-( Not a lot of Men know how to take a woman and lead her on the dance floor. Dancing many years ago was what started dates and marriages, and these relationships are still strong today after all these years. Well, if you feel like dancin, and no male gets you up, well enjoy the music yourself, and dance around yourself, love it, just move to the rhythm.
p.s (don't get me wrong I'm a trainer in SOLO hip hop, breaking, disco etc... in addition to PAIRS latin,ballroom, old time / sequence, salsa etc..)
lachicabonitacounting days to DE, Jakarta Indonesia204 Posts
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simonw3804: Modern trends in music have made it so solo dancing is the main social way to dance. This has destroyed the way 2 bodies can communicate as one, also the feeling it gives a person to lead and be lead without worry.( those of you that are dancers know) When i started dancing over 20 years ago, the girls where fighting over who should dance with the only boy in the room, as the music and dance forms where for pairs NOT SOLO. I feel because of all of the music trends and solo danceforms, we have learn to be SOLO on the danced floor :-( Not a lot of Men know how to take a woman and lead her on the dance floor. Dancing many years ago was what started dates and marriages, and these relationships are still strong today after all these years.
p.s (don't get me wrong I'm a trainer in SOLO hip hop, breaking, disco etc... in addition to PAIRS latin,ballroom, old time / sequence, salsa etc..)
This was the reason why my dance teacher took another form of dance, she was dancing ballroom dance and when she was split up with her dance partner, it was hard for her to find a new one. So she was taking a dance that enabled her to dance solo until now
I think that's a reflection of the alienation between the people in present time. People in modern society is not able to communicate with each other and this manifests itself in a thousand things, including the fact that the dating sites are filled with lonely people.
dancing with partner is really wonderful thing. two people joined in music and movement,bonding with their bodies and souls, kind of socially accepted foreplay
trueheart1941brentwood essex, Essex, England UK8,005 posts
bhirdie: dancing with partner is really wonderful thing. two people joined in music and movement,bonding with their bodies and souls, kind of socially accepted foreplay
......hi bhirdie......a woman after my own heart......
simonw3804: Modern trends in music have made it so solo dancing is the main social way to dance. This has destroyed the way 2 bodies can communicate as one, also the feeling it gives a person to lead and be lead without worry.( those of you that are dancers know) When i started dancing over 20 years ago, the girls where fighting over who should dance with the only boy in the room, as the music and dance forms where for pairs NOT SOLO. I feel because of all of the music trends and solo danceforms, we have learn to be SOLO on the danced floor :-( Not a lot of Men know how to take a woman and lead her on the dance floor. Dancing many years ago was what started dates and marriages, and these relationships are still strong today after all these years.
p.s (don't get me wrong I'm a trainer in SOLO hip hop, breaking, disco etc... in addition to PAIRS latin,ballroom, old time / sequence, salsa etc..)
I feel that Dance as an art and a communication link with yourself and people is dying. Something else is replacing DANCE, I am not sure what to call it acrobatic or gymnastic. I am talking about Hip hop and rap and all those kind of movement activities. Me, personally cannot call it Dance it is doesn't have a soul.
I do like Solo dance( especially ballet) but I do have more pleasure to watch pairs Dancing. It is like to watch a little story of relationship.
Thank you for this thread.
p.s. You are right men loosing an ability to lead a woman.... on a dance floor.
spdspd: I think that's a reflection of the alienation between the people in present time. People in modern society is not able to communicate with each other and this manifests itself in a thousand things, including the fact that the dating sites are filled with lonely people.
simonw3804: Modern trends in music have made it so solo dancing is the main social way to dance. This has destroyed the way 2 bodies can communicate as one, also the feeling it gives a person to lead and be lead without worry.( those of you that are dancers know) When i started dancing over 20 years ago, the girls where fighting over who should dance with the only boy in the room, as the music and dance forms where for pairs NOT SOLO. I feel because of all of the music trends and solo danceforms, we have learn to be SOLO on the danced floor :-( Not a lot of Men know how to take a woman and lead her on the dance floor. Dancing many years ago was what started dates and marriages, and these relationships are still strong today after all these years.
p.s (don't get me wrong I'm a trainer in SOLO hip hop, breaking, disco etc... in addition to PAIRS latin,ballroom, old time / sequence, salsa etc..)
My experience of dancing (I love it) is that 2 people who are uninhibited and comfortable with body movement, don´t actually have to be touching physically (most of the cance) to be enjoying "foreplay". They just have to be connected via the vibration of the their own energy together with that of the music. There can still be one who´s leading and one who´s responding. Of course, physical closeness is also fantastic. When I was a teenager (in France) discos/clubs always alternated modern pop/reaggae or whatever for a few dances ( about 20 min/half hour) with modern love songs/slow for a few dances (about 20 min/half hour). So we had the best of both worlds!!
These guys aren´t touching for most of their dance yet it´s still electrifying!!!
As you know Simon, I am also a dancer/teacher/judge from the UK, now living in NZ. (Ballroom/Latin/New Vogue which is Australian sequence/Old Time/Freestyle) We have found a huge surge in couple dancing over the last few years, which has reached the younger age groups.... Male pupils have never been in such demand.....because there will always be a shortage of males....but I think line dancing is still the most popular style in rural and city areas...because you can dance without a partner.... I teach a form of freestyle, especially to children and ladies who want to dance....Niah
simonw3804: Modern trends in music have made it so solo dancing is the main social way to dance. This has destroyed the way 2 bodies can communicate as one, also the feeling it gives a person to lead and be lead without worry.( those of you that are dancers know) When i started dancing over 20 years ago, the girls where fighting over who should dance with the only boy in the room, as the music and dance forms where for pairs NOT SOLO. I feel because of all of the music trends and solo danceforms, we have learn to be SOLO on the danced floor :-( Not a lot of Men know how to take a woman and lead her on the dance floor. Dancing many years ago was what started dates and marriages, and these relationships are still strong today after all these years.
p.s (don't get me wrong I'm a trainer in SOLO hip hop, breaking, disco etc... in addition to PAIRS latin,ballroom, old time / sequence, salsa etc..)
I agree, it is a pity people can't dance in pairs. I learned for some months ballroom dancing and loved it! How great and passionate dance is tango for example! But I suppose some feminists would argue against it, because the woman has to obey the lead of the man, ha ha! Well, I may be feminist in some respects, but I like to be lead in the dance by a skilled and confident partner!
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This has destroyed the way 2 bodies can communicate as one, also the feeling it gives a person to lead and be lead without worry.( those of you that are dancers know)
When i started dancing over 20 years ago, the girls where fighting over who should dance with the only boy in the room, as the music and dance forms where for pairs NOT SOLO.
I feel because of all of the music trends and solo danceforms, we have learn to be SOLO on the danced floor :-( Not a lot of Men know how to take a woman and lead her on the dance floor.
Dancing many years ago was what started dates and marriages, and these relationships are still strong today after all these years.
p.s (don't get me wrong I'm a trainer in SOLO hip hop, breaking, disco etc... in addition to PAIRS latin,ballroom, old time / sequence, salsa etc..)