Dance to the Music

[TheArchon]

Does it happen to you that you will sit on a dance because you dislike the music?

I don't dance Tango, cause i really hate Tango rytheme, even thou as a dance it can be fun.

And i will site when they play slow Rock'N'Roll or , fast Slow dancing.

Of course it takes for all kind of dancing, even in a disco.

I'm engulfed by the music, not by the dance, i dance casue i like the music, does it differ for you :?:

[Sagitta]

It depends on my mood. There are times when I will dance to anything that comes my way. I have danced in church to hymns. (A more subdued version, but noticably more then anyone else around!!) That's the way it is for me.

[Phil Owl]

For me, I will sit out really stupid corny songs no matter what the genre', I just can't stand bad music, period!

The only dances I really actively sit out are:

Quick Step (just dislike it with a passion)

Samba (only because I could never really get the hang of it)

Meringue (see Quickstep comment above)

Balboa (too corny for me)

[TheArchon]

For me, I will sit out really stupid corny songs no matter what the genre', I just can't stand bad music, period!

The only dances I really actively sit out are:

Quick Step (just dislike it with a passion)

Samba (only because I could never really get the hang of it)

Meringue (see Quickstep comment above)

Balboa (too corny for me)

You dislike the dances not the music if i understand correctly :?: Its not like my case with Tango that i like the dance but hate the music:?:
I think a dance is more fun if its more difficult to get the hang, the higher the pain the better the gain 8)

[cl5814]

The Archon,

Yes, by all means i will sit out some dances because i hate (well, as you said, dislike) the music. Well, i don't like quickstep, never been able to get the hang of it. Others, i have to dance, like Am Waltz, because i am a Waltz fanatic, i like the music and the dance. I did not like WCS at the beginning because it was too different for me, today i really like it, because it is different. Then the hustle and merengue are just fun dances, sort of playtime on the dance floor. I dance because of the music.

[pygmalion]

That's interesting. I tend to sit out dances because I hate the dance (like hustle uggh! :shock: ) But even when the music is bad, hey. Dancing is dancing.

There are some really awful ballroom CD's out there, I must admit. *shrug*

[dragon3085]

The music or song is what makes me want to dance. Even Salsa which is my favorite dance, I will sit out if I am not moved by the song. Some song just don't make me wanna move.

[tango]

For me it's the music that makes the dance. I've contemplated not competing because the classic ballroom music is rather boring to me. I swear at the last comp I watched they hadn't updated the music since 1958! However, I've never listed to tango music but I love the dance. Did you know you can dance a tango to Pink Floyd's - Another Brick in the Wall.

Dancing is just the body, music is the soul.

[pygmalion]

I'll have to pull out my Pink Floyd and try it. I guess it depends on who's running the comp. The last comp I went to, honest to Pete, they played serious rock for all the swing heats. I loved it, but you should have seen moer conservative people trying to keep up. Too funny. :lol:

[TheArchon]

For me it's the music that makes the dance. I've contemplated not competing because the classic ballroom music is rather boring to me. I swear at the last comp I watched they hadn't updated the music since 1958! However, I've never listed to tango music but I love the dance. Did you know you can dance a tango to Pink Floyd's - Another Brick in the Wall.

Dancing is just the body, music is the soul.

You have other ideas for Tango like Pink Floyd ? I should extrect medrate force on the dance room D.J to put those, cause i really cant dance those boring tango songs!!! But its really hard for me to imagine how to dance Another brick... with tango, but i will try.

BTW i think so many songs today in clubs fits cha cha rytheme that when i hear a dance song that fits, i just pick the nearest partner and starts dancing cha cha, even thou all the other just jumps around...

[pygmalion]

That's true, TheArchon. There are a lot of cha chas out there in popular music these days. And, surprisingly, a few sambsa too. Just because your out dancing in a disco or club, doesn't mean to have to jump around, as you say, or just freestyle.

[Sagitta]

I've discovered that too. So, I like clubbing more. :) I love experimenting, incorporating different dance styles into one dance, and what better place to do it with partnered dancing then where there isn't any partnered dancing style being done? :)

[tango]

A lot of music coming our (rock and alternative) is pretty easy to apply dances too. Cha Cha, Swing, Rumba are obviously the core but tango's fit in on occasion.

Like I said before the tango is a great dance but I've never been exposed to the music so it doesn't effect me emotionally like I want it too. So I find dark or deep rock music works well, hence Pink Floyd. With the tango I find you generally slow it down and make it deliberate it looks pretty cool.

The White Stripes and Sam Roberts make for good Cha Cha's.
Jet & REM come to mind for Swing
Rumba is any sappy power ballad.
Foxtrot...in Canada Sloan's - 'Rest of my Life'