Can you dance?
I find that most people can’t. I took ballroom dance lessons for several years and was not making any progress in being able to lead a partner.
The moment of epiphany occurred when I took a class in Aikido. The Japanese term ki and Chinese term chi (as in Tai Chi) means something like soul and is located an inch or two below the belly button.
In Aikdio class we were taught that the ki is the source of all force and movement. This sounded silly at first, but after a while it started to make sense. The more I concentrated on the ki as the force originator, the more smoothly I was able to move. When I applied the idea to ballroom dancing, I was suddenly able to lead and made the leap from abysmal to mediocre.
To redirect the focus from me, in addition to discussing your dance ability, have you ever had a sudden moment of enlightenment that had some impact on your life?
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Does the Hokey Pokey count?
I can dance.
The biggest obstacle I’ve found is that most people can’t feel the beat or the meter. This is only made worse by the ubiquity of thump rhythm tracks in dance music in clubs—people still can’t feel the beat and don’t pay attention to the thumping.
I think it really had nothing to do with you Chi and more to do with you being more aware of your body through a discipline that came more naturally.
Maybe this should be two separate questions.
Yes, I can dance. But I don’t usually.
I’m a professional at the Chicken Dance.
i can’t dance.i can’t walk. only thing about is the way that i talk.
Wish I could. Would love to tango. My dance move consists of biting my bottom lip and moving side to side.
I have learned all that I know from him.
I can’t dance with any kind of grace or poise or skill or rhythm. That’s a polite way of saying that I present a danger to myself and others if I get out on the dance floor.
No parking on the dance floor! Beep!Beep!
I can dance well enough to any pop music made after 1957.
I can dance, but I need a drink or two before I am ready. I don’t know how to dance any specific style though.
I can dance & I love to. But hubby doesn’t, so that puts a big crimp in things.
I swing dance. It’s a lot of fun.
i can pop, its fun at school dances. i took some ballroom too. im pretty decent. lol
No, not really. I took tap lessons when I was little. And in high school one option for PE was dance, so I did that. I wouldn’t consider myself a “dancer” though.
…unless I’m drunk. I’ve been known to dance then.
There should be a law against me even trying to dance. I am clumsy, got no rhythm, and would be overwhelmed by the macarena.
Hence, I’m to cool to dance and lean against the bar “Bogart-style) ;)
I can dance. Me and some of my friends use to get together and do talent shows together. We actually won a few too. Mostly hip-hop, and break dancing.
Ball room: I’ve taken lessons, and did just fine, although that was so long ago, I don’t remember much any more. I think we did Cha cha, Waltz, Swing, Foxtrot, Rumba, and maybe one or two others.
I’ve done mild martial arts (male version of ballet). I’ve done a bit of Tai Chi.
I’m ok in clubs—actually better than ok.
I can imitate popping, but I can’t break.
Mostly I do structured improvisational dance, and I am pretty good at that. Sometimes I do things that I can’t do. I don’t know if that’ll make sense to anyone, but it’s the truth. When you get lost in the dance, you do things you could never do if you were in ordinary consciousness. Like leaping high off the floor, or doing other graceful and athletic things you could never do if you tried.
I really like dancing. It heals me emotionally and psychically. It’s also a very good way of experiencing safe intimacy.
Among other dance forms, I do tai chi.
The generation of chi is connected to your breath, and in general, I would say that when you connect to your breath your movements will be more smooth. In partner work if you sync up to your partner’s breath you will move more in sync. Certainly it’s wonderful to sense things as a flow of energy. If you put your attention there, you will discover how many things are flows of energy. Conversations, metro rides… it’s very fun.
I pretend to know how to dance, and that usually works for me. I’m like Mick Jagger: if I act like I’m the best motherfucker on the dance floor, other people believe that I actually am.
Yes. I am a classically trained ballet dancer.
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