Dancing in the Phillipines

[pygmalion]

I found this cool llink, which gives some cultural differences when social dancing in the Phippines, for example, no attention paid to line of dance. And "Swing" is more like hustle. And dancing "off-beat" is breaking on two. Here's the link.
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/6962/pinoy/pinoy.htm

I wonder if there are other places where dance convention/assumptions are so different from what we assume to be the norm. Experiences, anyone? And, oh, btw, are there any Filipinos/filipinas in the house?

[Genesius Redux]

Jenn-

I read your reference to this "orphan thread" in another thread, and I kept hearing it call out, "Please sir--I want some more...."

So checked out the link--and the idea that line of dance is not a concept in the minds of 98% of the dancers sounds kind of similar to many social clubs I've been to in the states. Or try dancing on a cruise ship--talk about no LOD! :wink:

Well, my only real experience with Filipino culture has been with the barbecues our next-door-neighbors used to throw every summer, so I've little to say about actual dancing in the Phillipines. But I hope your thread feels less orphaned....

[pygmalion]

LOL. I don't know how the thread feels, but I feel better. 8) Thanks. :D

[Sagitta]

At lots of places that I have gone to in the States people have no idea of line of dance etc.