Car Dancers Club

[Kittyirish]

Are you a Car Dancer? I am! I'm a great dancer with the tunes blasting, driving along, rhythm going...of course this is from the waist up! I wish I could do it on my feet! I think this is an underrated talent! :wink:

[DanceMentor]

That's pretty funny! :lol:
I can't say that I dance in the car, but I'm a good electric guitarist, drummer and singer (in the car). One day I was singer some stupid 80's love song while I was sitting at a light. I didn't realize a car full of teenagers had pulled up beside me. They started yelling at me and laughing. Good thing I'm older and can afford a faster car! :lol:

[pcperez83]

i am! wish i could do it from the wast down! lol

[Kittyirish]

Maybe we have a movement here!

[pygmalion]

Laugh if you want, but I've done some real practice on rib
and shoulder isolations in the car, waiting at stop signs, etc.

When you get into dancing, it's amazing -- every place becomes
a place to dance.

I had to draw the line at footwork drills on the highway, though. :)

[SDsalsaguy]

Laugh if you want, but I've done some real practice on rib
and shoulder isolations in the car, waiting at stop signs, etc.
Hell, I've done those even while driving -- they are isolations after all! Does that mean I'm a member of this club too? :D

[Kittyirish]

Oh yeah! Welcome! Freestylers too! :lol:

[Vince A]

And I thought I was theonly one to do this . . . I've got some strange looks from other drivers :shock:

I practice the rib isolations, but by far, I get the best 'looks" from doing a body roll or wave . . . my wife gets into with me, and we both do it to the tempo of the music . . . we llok great. Just ask me????

This is a good topic . . . let's hear from everyone who does this . . .

[pygmalion]

Vince A.

You're a genius. I tried a body roll today, and it worked! In the car.

Thanks for the suggestion.

[Vince A]

pygmalion,
If you want to practice it more . . . get up next to a wall, tip of your shoes touching . . . put your nose on the wall . . . now roll all the way down the wall concentrating on each part as you go down to the knees.

Now, once you've got this . . . stop on the down side at the knees, and roll back up to your nose.

You will be an expert at bodywaves in no time. I have several moves, especially in WCS, that I use them with a partner. We "roll" against each other . . it is a leadable move, and they have nothing else they can do except a bodywave.

[MissAlyssa]

Heeeeeeeeeeey, I do this all the time but I have limo tinting in my car so no one can see me. Maybe I should be proud of my car dancing and roll my windows down :lol:

[Kittyirish]

Yep, its a great cure for when I feel like a tremendous klutz! I made a tape with just car dancing songs on it and we take it out and cruise for a while. Okay, one of us does have his hands on the wheel! But he's a great full body dancer so I get the treat! 8) Kitty

[MissAlyssa]

I have this cd that I burned called "Alyssa's Freak Booty Mix" (don't ask lol) that has old skool hip hop roller rink type music. Every time I put it on in the car I seem to get the strangest looks. Who am I kidding, I try to imitate hip hop videos.. :oops: :oops: :oops:

[DanceMentor]

I've found the car to be a great place to listen to my Ballroom tunes. Others don't always understand my musical tastes.

[MissAlyssa]

I've found the car to be a great place to listen to my Ballroom tunes. Others don't always understand my musical tastes.

Most people when they ask what I do for a living don't even know what is classified as 'ballroom dancing'. They mostly think it's waltz. LOL.

ps. Frank Sinatra rules. 8)

[youngsta]

If there were catagories for car dancers I'd be ranked with the best in world! It's one of my best skills (ranks slightly behind my car singing :lol: )

[MissAlyssa]

If there were catagories for car dancers I'd be ranked with the best in world! It's one of my best skills (ranks slightly behind my car singing :lol: )

We should start a dance forums contest like American Idol/Dance Fever for the triple threat ballroom dancer/car groover/front seat singer. :shock:

[pygmalion]

If you want to practice it more . . . get up next to a wall, tip of your shoes touching . . . put your nose on the wall . . . now roll all the way down the wall concentrating on each part as you go down to the knees.



Thanks Vince A.

I definitely will try this. When a former teacher introduced me to ripples, he had me stand with my back facing the wall, and I never did fully get the hang of it. I'm going to try your method. I'd love to add them to my WCS, among other things.


And speaking of WCS, any suggestions for how to get that grounded, sultry look? At the suggestion of my instructor, I'm settling into my left hip, to put a little more body weight into my connection, and I've eliminated quite a few coaster steps, but I still feel like I'm dancing on top of the ground, not into it. Does that make sense?

[pygmalion]

pygmalion,
If you want to practice it more . . . get up next to a wall, tip of your shoes touching . . . put your nose on the wall . . . now roll all the way down the wall concentrating on each part as you go down to the knees.

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Vince A,

Thanks a bunch. I tried this today. And while I'm still not good (I look kind of like an almost-dead fish flopping on the boardwalk :) ), I'm a heck of a lot better than I was last week. I'll keep trying.

Thanks for the tip.

[dancer at heart]

:D

I only listen to latin music ina the car now as I am trying to just hear the beat in the music so that I can count properly but have not thought to practice just upper body movements....hehe now that you all inspired me, I am going to try to practice the body roll in the car given my long commute since I am having such a hart time with it.... :wink:

[Vince A]

pygmalion,

In two weeks, your ripples, bodywave, etc., will have improved 100% . . . keep practicing. And be sure to practice coming back up, as there are many moves up against your partner . . . as in a locked "push," where you can ripple down an dright back right on count.

Learn to moonwalk and add some slides, and your dancing becomes yet stage of another fun.

As far as getting grounded and sultry try the following (let me know if you do not understand part of it - it's not easy to write out):
-8 count move to start, then go down to a 6 count if you want...this is basics but . . .
-do a right-side pass with an underarm turn with the follower
ct1 - straight back L
ct2 - crossover (in front of the L foot) landing on the ball of your R foot
- don't foget your centering on the follower here (your body is now starting to turn R shoulder back), which will cause your R foot to turn out
ct3 - step 3 with your L foot (body should now be turning toward perpendicular - but not all the way to the rails about now)
ct& - step & with R foot (crossing over L) placing foot nearly pointing toward follower but not all the way
ct4 - step 4 in place - settling in - facing the follower now . . .
ct5 - step 5 next to L, or first position, but somewhat more turned out.
the next counts will be 5&6&7&8& - working toward getting it done in a 6 count, which is preferred!!! I just am trying to get you to practice the feel of it!

Now to add the funk . . . rush the 3 & 4 pausing there just momentarily (for an & count), pulsing to the music. Now hit count 5, R foot is beside the L foot, both feet are turned out, begin to roll inward on the balls of both feet (continued in paragraphs after the next note).
NOTE:
THINK that the tops of your legs are just under your armpits . . . THINK this! Your shoulders should come in to a funky, rolling play . . . get into your knees, which should sway and so will the hips, squat ever so slightly! This all may sound crazy, but it works. Once you feel it, you'll see what I'm trying to get you to do. Practice in a mirror! It also helps if your R arm connection is nearly straight (yes frame is broken), but this funkyness is meant to be done in the "stretched" position before the "rubberband" effect brings you back in.

To do this, start with (for count 5, first position, heels together), roll (outside of that foot is up slightly) from the big toe of the R foot, down the inside of that foot to the heels - which are raised slightly and touch down at the end of the roll,
. . . count & - L foot, rolling toe to heel . . . count 6 - R foot, rolling toe to heel . . . count & L foot, rolling toe to heel . . . count 7, R foot, rolling toe to heel . . . count & L foot, rolling toe to heel . . . to somewhat different - count 8, R foot rolling from the toe to heel, when the heel hits down, this is count & (which is the anchor and puts the weight down on the proper foot, the R, setting up for count 1 again). When you get to doing this in 6 counts, you are on the R foot on count 6, then the heels begins hitting the ground on the & count, setting you up for 1) - I only do it in 6 counts now!

If you are confused with any of this . . . send me a PM, I'll try to help out. It took me abut 2 hours in front of a full-length mirror to perfect it. You should be able to do the same. It is not difficult. Hope I got the counts correct for you, as well!

This was tough to get into words. I could show it to you and teach it to you in less time!!!

Good luck . . .

[pygmalion]

Vince A

You are a wonderful human being and a great resource.

Don't worry. I'm not going to overload you with dumb questions. That's what my private instructor is for :) .

But I want you to know that I do appreciate you.

And did you really meet the Schwimmers? Oh, my goodness. What an honor. I have an old Buddy Schwimmer video, and I'm trying to learn the moves, one little piece at a time. Amazing stuff, to me. And very enlightening. The coolest thing is how much independence the follower has. Buddy will lead a basic whip or reverse whip, and she'll add all sorts of syncopations, and hip rolls, and spins and turns, and still be ready to step out on the one. Fantastic stuff!

Thanks.

Jenn

[SDsalsaguy]

Vince, you can do all of that in a car??? :shock:

If so, I hereby deem you not only the king, but the deity of car dancing :!:

[salsarhythms]

I was about to tell Youngsta that he was not the car dancing
king...because I had already appointed myself as the car
dancing king...but...

Then I read Vince's post and there's no way I can compete

[youngsta]

Yeah, I can't hang with that either. I guess I'm just top 5 car dancing material! :lol:

[Vince A]

pygmalion,
Thanks for the compliment . . . good luck trying to do that dancing stuff . . . yes, we met Benji and Heidi while they were practicing one mornng at World's this past January, but I doubt that hey would remember that fleeting, insignificant 10 seconds of their great dance career. They are simply the "best" at what they do.

Hey, I get complimented in one thread and blasted in an another. Does this cancel each of the other out?

SDsalsaguy,
Of course I can do all of that in a car. You should see me do that one, great Michael Jackson move . . . you know, grab the crotch and raise a hand straight up in the air . . . almost lost the car while practicing it though! Please kids, don't try that at home.

salsarhythms,
Thanks . . . I guess we could call each other out and go for it during "Cruise Night" somewhere. This is too funny . . . I can see it now . . . you in your car . . . me in mine . . . tunes up loud as can be. You Salsa and take the high road . . . I Swing and take the low road, and we'll meet each other at the closest jailhouse.

[salsarhythms]

Honestly though...great topic... :lol:

[Vince A]

Yes . . . it is, and I enjoy everyone jumping in on the fun!!!

[SDsalsaguy]

Of course I can do all of that in a car. You should see me do that one, great Michael Jackson move . . . you know, grab the crotch and raise a hand straight up in the air . . . almost lost the car while practicing it though! Please kids, don't try that at home.

:lol: Yeah, and if the cops don't cart you off for either being in or causing an accident, they might still haul you in for lewd conduct in a moving vehicle!

Actually, I think my ballroom coach might be able to give you at least a partial run for your money...apparently she was trying to work out something for the Paso I'm learning – feet included – while driving :!:

[Kittyirish]

As the originator of this topic, I am so glad that others CD too! Now I can sneer at those laughing in the vehicle beside me, and say "oh, aren't you a member?" Here's a useful tip; if the bass is turned up, do open the sunroof! It saves a lot of wear and tear on the head! :lol: Kitty

[MissAlyssa]

I'm starting to perfect head bobbing (not to be taken in a non dance oriented way...) as an art. :lol: Does that qualify as car dancing :?:

[youngsta]

Oh yes, that's my car dancing basic!

[Vince A]

It's kinda kewl when you do that "head snap" move to the R followed by dipping and swaying, then do it to the L, then alternate back and forth . . . you know what I mean . . . I don't know what it's called . . .

But it's even better when you have 5 or 6 people in a vehicle and you all are doing it in unison to the music . . . you really get the looks!

[MissAlyssa]

It's kinda kewl when you do that "head snap" move to the R followed by dipping and swaying, then do it to the L, then alternate back and forth . . . you know what I mean . . . I don't know what it's called . . .

But it's even better when you have 5 or 6 people in a vehicle and you all are doing it in unison to the music . . . you really get the looks!


I don't know what it's called..hehe.

That reminds me of that car commercial where everyone is car dancing to techno.. :)

[Vince A]

Yea . . . the Mitsubishi commercial . . . silver GT and the girl who is dancing in the R front seat!!! Car Dancing has hit the big time!!!

[MissAlyssa]

Good thing we've gotten an early start to perfecting it!!

Pretty soon we'll have all sorts of people Google searching "car dancing" asking us to "choreograph" them a dance video lol :lol:

[Vince A]

Good thing we've gotten an early start to perfecting it!!

Pretty soon we'll have all sorts of people Google searching "car dancing" asking us to "choreograph" them a dance video lol :lol:
Now this is a good response . . . one that I'll save because "me thinks you may be quite correct!"

[SDsalsaguy]

Will this video project be a Dance Forums fund raiser? :wink:

[Puss'nBoots]

...Just from the waist up?? Hey, you've got "stop lights", "stop signs", and the ever so popular "train" which allows ample time to ask the person in front of you, or behind you share with you, a "quick, time passing and enjoyable number" Hey and it get s you more practice in.
HA HA....as for myself I know the "car dance" but I am able to drive with my right foot and hang my left foot out the window and wiggle it around some.....does that count ? (smiles) :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

HA HA....as for myself I know the "car dance" but I am able to drive with my right foot and hang my left foot out the window and wiggle it around some.....does that count ? (smiles) :lol: Maybe you should mirror this post under the stretching/flexibility discussion as well! :wink:

[MissAlyssa]

Will this video project be a Dance Forums fund raiser? :wink:
we could sell it on Ebay!

[MissAlyssa]

any suggestions on car dancing music? I need to make a cd. :lol:

[dancergal]

Whew! I'm glad I found this thread. Now I know that I'm not the only crazy one around when I get strange looks for trying a body wave or body isolations in the car.

[Vince A]

Whew! I'm glad I found this thread. Now I know that I'm not the only crazy one around when I get strange looks for trying a body wave or body isolations in the car.
We're not crazy . . . we're not crazy . . . we're not crazy! Since this thread has come out . . . I realize more and more that I do it more and more!

[mellody43]

I can car-dance from the waist down. Strategic wiggling, more like.

:P

If Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Something" comes on I can make my car wiggle too!

Melissa

[pygmalion]

mellody43,

That is too cool. Not just car dancing. Car dancing. What a great idea! :D

[MissAlyssa]

LOL. I can see this "car dancing" is evolving!

[Puss'nBoots]

<~~~~~~~(Whispering) BTW, MissAlyssa, when is your Birthday? 8) BIRTHDAY COUNTDOWN:::90 days until the big 2-1! P.S. Car dancing ROCKS!!! :lol:

[pygmalion]

Hey Puss'nBoots.

Way late, but sincere. Welcome to the forums. Good to hear from you.
And GREAT picture. How'd you do that? Snapshot scanned in? (I'm trying to get my avatar together.)

Oh yeah, car dancing rocks. Have you ever tried, "walking behind the shopping cart" dancing, or, better yet, "empty aisle at Walmart" dancing?

Excellent stuff!


Jenn :lol:

[Puss'nBoots]

<~~~~~~ (former blonde here, now half blonde) ummm, Jen, "pygmalion" are u also "Myssalyssa" ? I get confused quite easily, hee hee....sorry I am "way late" the reason I asked is "Myssalyssa" 's signature throughout the last couple of months has said "X number of days til 2-1" and that would mean, by reading the posts, the date of birthday would pretty much be 365...correct? Or, just "X-number of days" plus the date of posts!!!! :wink: As for my "GREAT picture" and the welcome, I thank you very very much...(wink) And the pic is about ummmmm, two years old, and yes... I scanned it in and just attatched it from the 'ol 'puter, lol. Good luck with your avatar!
As, for the "walking behind shopping cart dancing" or "empty aisle..." cart dancing......always, only to embarass my 13 year old daughter, LMAO.... (Hi Chae' bear) .....empty aisle ...... YES, with great pride, because it is usually following a "STRIKE or a SPARE" while 'Empty aisle bowling with two liters and a head of lettuce" (ROFLMAO)....try that, topped of with a great "Im baaaadddddddd" (end zone type) dance!!!! :lol: Hey Puss'nBoots.

Way late, but sincere. Welcome to the forums. Good to hear from you.
And GREAT picture. How'd you do that? Snapshot scanned in? (I'm trying to get my avatar together.)

Oh yeah, car dancing rocks. Have you ever tried, "walking behind the shopping cart" dancing, or, better yet, "empty aisle at Walmart" dancing

[pygmalion]

Naw. Wish I was MissAlyssa. She's a lot younger than I am, and has a great sense of humor. My sense of humor is definitely buried in moth-balls! :D Plus, she's in AZ, I'm in FL. But I can see why you mix us up. We're both nuts! :lol: :lol:

Can relate to the embarrassing others thing. I've started just waiting til I'm in Walmart by myself. When I take others along, they keep telling me, "cut that out! People are watching!"

Now, I go by myself. I don't much care about the old ladies in the Walmart aisle, although I suspect one day they're going to turn me in to the authorities. I do look kind of spastic! :lol:

Enjoy your dancing.


Take care.

Jenn

[MissAlyssa]

LOL pygmalian, you are not that much older!


Puss n boots my bday is Dec 2nd, I'm turning the big 2-1 (21 yrs) :lol:

[Puss'nBoots]

Can relate to the embarrassing others thing. I've started just waiting til I'm in Walmart by myself. When I take others along, they keep telling me, "cut that out! People are watching!"

Now, I go by myself. I don't much care about the old ladies in the Walmart aisle, although I suspect one day they're going to turn me in to the authorities. I do look kind of spastic! :lol:


Jenn

TOO FUNNY......don't go by yourself, the more my daughter-or anyone with me for that fact....and they yell at me to "cut it out", that just makes it funner for me (us). I am convinced, one day they will find themselves doing it, LOL.............it's the SHOCK VALUE I enjoy getting from others.. :lol:
Take care, and thanks for the "welcome to the forum"

[pygmalion]

Oh yes. Shock value is a good thing. And dancing is a great place to get in a few shocks, here and there.

Whether it's the ladies in Walmart, wondering what the heck I'm doing when I'm practicing rise and fall in the aisles, or the gasp when I walk on the dance exhibition floor in a hot, hot costume, I love people's reactions.

I have a couple videos of myself dancing, and I'm getting some still photos made. When I post them, you'll see what I mean. Shock! :shock:

What fun. :lol:

Jenn

[Puss'nBoots]

I have a couple videos of myself dancing, and I'm getting some still photos made. When I post them, you'll see what I mean. Shock! :shock:

What fun. :lol:

Jenn WHOOO HOOOO, those should be interesting, cant wait....

BTW ......Something else that is interesting....In the past week, when I am driving around, the few times I have in the last week, as I am doing the "Car Dance" and having a good time....it's funny, as I am DANCING, I think about everyone here who has been posting and giving some good laughs and I think....somewhere, possibly, there is one of you guys dancing alone, but right along with me doing the "car dance" ha ha...... and I start cracking up! (which makes for more stares from others, car dancing and laughing alone).....I just thought that it was neat, how a forum topic such as this, could be so darn fun...... and to let you all know youre thought of almost daily...... LOL....who would of known???? :lol: :lol: :lol:

[pygmalion]

Wow! Car dancing, laughing, and driving. You are a multi-talented woman! :D

You should have seen me today! Car dancing, singing, laughing, clapping and occasionally driving. Too funny! :lol: I can't believe I didn't hit something.

[Vince A]

pygmalion,
It's a good thing that you live on the opposite coast . . . 'cause if we lived near each other, I'm sure that we'd run into each other (not literally) at an intersection, and we would no doubt do this "lead and follow" thing - whatever it is - that everyone on this site talks about :wink:

[pygmalion]

I bet we would do the lead and follow thing quite well, even in two cars.:D

I'm actually planning a West Coast trip before the end of the year, probably November, and will definitely look up you and your wife! I'm dying to meet you both.

Take care.


Jenn

[Vince A]

It's a date . . . where in CA are you headed?

We have three competitions to go before the end of the year . . . last weekend in Oct in San Diego. . . first weekend in December in Las Vegas . . . and New Years at World's In Nashville! My wife not me . . . d nice has changed my attitude about competing . . . maybe some J&Js in Swing or Hustle!

Other than that . . . we're dancing most weekends! Big studio dance this weekend . . . we can play this weeekend . . . :D

[SDsalsaguy]

I didn't know you were coming down SD way Vince! You've got to give me the details!

[MissAlyssa]

lol, I find myself car dancing so much more now that this topic exists :shock:

[Vince A]

No kidding. I've gotten worse!

I actually have become even more brave and look hard back at the those other non-car dancers who are staring at me wondering what the hell I'm doing??? I look like "the commercial" on tv.

I noticed that I dance in my chair at work more too! Although everyone here knows that I dance and compete. I had to do a "show and tell" with a few of my tapes from competition. So now I have my headset on and I'm rockin' in my seat!

[pygmalion]

I discovered something new today. It's called the "sitting on a bench while waiting at the doctor's office" dance. :lol: :lol:

I'm beginning to get the scary feeling that you can dance anywhere! :shock:

[youngsta]

My favorite is the 'standing at the urinal' head bop...unnerving! :shock:

[pygmalion]

That, my friend, is what you call, too much information! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[youngsta]

:lol: yeah, but it proves your theory of anywhere! :D

[pygmalion]

Hah!

Sad, but true! :lol: :lol:

I've gotta try the bathroom thing!

[SDsalsaguy]

Hah!

Sad, but true! :lol: :lol:

I've gotta try the bathroom thing!

Just a word of warning...reviewing Paso choreography/timing in the shower is not a good idea! :oops:

[pygmalion]

I can see it now.

Bruised ....... everything! :oops: :oops: :lol: :lol:

[MissAlyssa]

Owee! Also, as a heads up...practicing International bolero in your 5x9 kitchen can give you badly stubbed toes.. :cry:

[SDsalsaguy]

Owee! Also, as a heads up...practicing International bolero in your 5x9 kitchen can give you badly stubbed toes.. :cry:
International bolero :?: :? :?:

[pygmalion]

Don't be difficult. You knew what she meant. :wink:

But a 5X 9 kitchen can be okay for practicing Cuban motion,
spots turns, body isolations, ripples, and so much more....

Just watch out for the refridgerator. Ouch! :shock: :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

Yes, but I'm sure that we have people surfing by who might not have... :wink:

[pygmalion]

Yeah.

Sometimes it's a little disquieting to realize how indelible your thoughts become the instant you post them, or how many people are potentially watching. *shudder*

So I don't think about it.

[SDsalsaguy]

:lol: You mean you don't relish living in our glass house? :lol:

[pygmalion]

I don't think about it for that very reason.

There's this illusion of intimacy. Just you and your computer in the privacy of your office. But it's just an illusion. This is about as public as you can get. Yikes. :shock:

[youngsta]

STOP LOOKING AT ME! :P

[pygmalion]

Sorry, guy. :cry:

Didn't mean to trigger mass paranoia! :lol:

Let's just pretend I didn't say anything. :?

[SDsalsaguy]

Just remember: just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you!

[pygmalion]

Oh yes. They are out there, looking at us. And their name is ....GUEST! :shock: :roll:

Just to recap, we now have car dancing, bench dancing, kitchen dancing, bathroom dancing, supermarket dancing ....

Anything else?

[MissAlyssa]

LOL, are there are any GUESTS out thereeeeeeeeeeee...

[pygmalion]

I left out under the desk at work dancing, waiting in the airport dancing ...

Any more?

[dancersdreamland]

What a fun topic! It's so good to know there are others...and that it's not just an abnormality in my little dance world.

Car dance...gotta be smooth and groove to the right tunes. Body rolls are definately the best. Additionally, some one from my bellydance group practices her "zill" rythms while driving. (Zills are the little castanette type mucisal cymbol things you were on your fingers and kinda clank together to make noise...very rough description.) FYI...car dance was featured in Rush Hour (the movie with Jackie Chan and ????). It was on ALL the previews...side body roll head snap thing. :tongue:

Super market dance...practicing flaps (for tap) while pushing the cart is a great workout and an excellent way to multitask.

Work dance...I am constantly be-bopping in my chair and getting my groove on. Occassionally I practice Irish step or tap drills under my desk as well.

Dressing room dance...okay, maybe I'm a little (or a lot) goofy, but I dance in dressing rooms as I'm trying on clothes. I like to make sure I can shake my thang in the clothes I'm potentially going to purchase. :oops:

Roller dance...gotta feel the rythm while I'm rolling blading...it's half the fun. :D

Aisle dance...haven't tried it yet, but I'm shopping later today. Perhaps I'll bust a move in the music department. :wink:

Bench dance...haven't tried it yet, but I imagine it's similar to dancing in my chair at work.

Kitchen dance...becareful NOT to try this after mopping the floor or pledging the cabinets (while spraying pledge on cabinets it usually coats the floor as well...works nice for slides, but can be painful if not taken carefully) :oops:

Hmm...that's all I can think of for now. I'll post more as they pop into my head. Keep on dancing...everywhere and anywhere!

[dancersdreamland]

Just thought of another...the infamous "table dance" forever captured in film by Julia Stile in "10 Things I Hate About You." Basically...bust a moove on the table of your choice.

[MissAlyssa]

When I go for my nightly walks I walk/dance to the beat of my walkman. I know my timing is correct because I gauge it by the lines in the sidewalk.

[pygmalion]

Let's get back to table dancing for just a minute. With or without lampshade on head? With or without clothing? Just wondering ....

Actually, there's a really cool tapas bar here in town where they have flamenco dancers, and a couple of them do just that. Table dancing. Totally cool.

[MissAlyssa]

does dancing on picnic tables count? not very sturdy, I don't suggest it.

[SDsalsaguy]

does dancing on picnic tables count? not very sturdy, I don't suggest it.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Haven't done that since a beer fest in Germany back in 1991!

[MissAlyssa]

lots of beer and peer pressure I take it...? :lol: :lol: :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

Not so much...

But I will tell you, I was speaking better German after a couple of liters... :wink:

[MissAlyssa]

LOL my dad speaks some german (that's half of my nationality) and tried to teach me once...it's HARD!

[SDsalsaguy]

Early on I planned to major in international relations for my B.A. and move on to international management in grad school. With the reunification of Germany and the emergence of the EU I figured I should go learn German...so I headed off to a language academy in Germany the summer after my freshman year. And, amid other things, ended up on the aforementioned picnic table… :wink:

[youngsta]

We may have been in the same place at the same time SD. I was living in Germany then and attended MANY beer festivals during that time period. Now that I think about it, I do vaguely remember beer, a picnic table, and a pink tutu! :shock:

[SDsalsaguy]

Sorry, my tutu wasn't pink...must've been someone else.

[youngsta]

My vision was blurred, maybe my colors are off.

[dancersdreamland]

:shock: :tongue: :o

You guys are too silly! I just can't stop laughing!!!

Hmm...table dancing is an art form I have not tried...only seen in "10 Things I Hate About You." I'm thinking it would be safer to do without the lampshade and more tasteful with clothes on, but who am I to question other people's ideas of a good time...I car dance! :P

[MissAlyssa]

then what color WAS it? hehe :lol:

[dancersdreamland]

Yes, do tell...what color? :tongue:

[SDsalsaguy]

Now *that* is a secret...

[dancersdreamland]

Ah...come on...please share. Wait, don't share. I'd rather just imagine! :twisted:

[MissAlyssa]

oOoOo bebe

[SDsalsaguy]

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:


:wink:

[Vince A]

You know SD,
I was really tempted to fool around in photo editing and put a pink tutu on your avatar picture and submit it . . . but hell, you live too close!

[SDsalsaguy]

:shock: :x :tongue:

[dancersdreamland]

Now THAT would have been too funny!!! :lol:

[Danish Guy]

I thought I wasn’t into car dancing.

Stomping the rhythm with the foot, or tapping with the hands, but not more then that.

But yesterday I caught myself doing patterns with my hands to some hip hop music on the radio, while steering with the car with my legs. :oops: :oops: :oops:

Maybe I belong in the car dancers club after all. :roll:

[pygmalion]

Hey Danish Guy!

I knew we'd get you eventually. Car dancing is highly contagious! :lol:

[Vince A]

I thought I wasn’t into car dancing.

Stomping the rhythm with the foot, or tapping with the hands, but not more then that.

But yesterday I caught myself doing patterns with my hands to some hip hop music on the radio, while steering with the car with my legs. :oops: :oops: :oops:

Maybe I belong in the car dancers club after all. :roll:
Oh yes, very addictive indeed.

There isn't a song that goes by on the radio - hip hop, country, metal - that I am not doing some kind of dance movement with my body, and/or doing one of my routines or a pattern in my head.

We've had five people, just a few nights ago, in the car at once doing that head-bop thingy all in unison. Looks kewl!

[dancersdreamland]

Danish Guy - Wlecome to the club!! :D

[MissAlyssa]

the other night while out with some students for a practice party I found myself explaining a pattern to one of the students (rumba) with my fingers dancing around on the table....am I crazy..? :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

Well, maybe...but that's a separate issue! :wink:

[MissAlyssa]

hey now...rhetorical question mister! :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

:tongue:

[MissAlyssa]

:lol:

[dancersdreamland]

Crazy? No...besides, crazy is only in the eye of the beholder. :wink:

Finger dancer...yes! :D

[pygmalion]

Guess what I discovered just now at the gym? Cardio machine dancing! :lol: That's right. :D I was doing my usual three miles on the elliptical trainer when Justin Timberlake started singing. And all of a sudden, I started feeling all these shoulder isolations, and shoulder shakes, ab contractions and some hip-hop style head roll/sideways ripples coming out! :shock: What can I say, there's just something about hearing Justin say "I'm gonna have you nekkid by the end of this song," that makes me wanna dance! :lol: :lol:

[Vince A]

Jenn, you even make working out sound sexy!

[pygmalion]

I don't think the ladies and gentlemen at my gym thought so, Vince. They thought I was NUTS! Well coordinated, but nuts. :lol:

[Vince A]

I'd bet a donut to a dollar that, if you keep this up for one month . . . they all will be doing it!

[SwinginBoo]

I do a LOT of driving between RI and CT so I have lots of time for car dancing. I like to put in my favorite CD (whatever I feel like at the time), set the car in cruise control, and boogie down. :tongue:

I have had MANY strange looks. I expect it. So as I pass people I often look them straight in the eye, sing with a very exaggerated expresssion, and do something funky with my body. :P

[DanceMentor]

Brrake - brake to the rhythm, Br - brake to the rhythm

Brake - brake to the rhythm, brake brake :D

[pygmalion]

Yup. And if you brake abruptly enough, the car dances, while you're car dancing. You can't beat that! :lol:

[SwinginBoo]

Brrake - brake to the rhythm, Br - brake to the rhythm

Brake - brake to the rhythm, brake brake :D

LOL :lol:

[Christina75]

I don't know if I'm a car dancer but definately a car coreographer. I'll listen to a song while driving and thing "I wonder if you could do this move and then that move and not break an arm. hmm..." Oh and as far as the car itself dancing, I remember when I was a kid my mom was famous for putting the car in reverse without taking off the emergency brake. It would feel like the car was bowing up in the middle. lol. She used to laugh and say the car was doing pushups...but maybe it was really dancing. :-D

Christina

[Christina75]

Oh and one more thing...it doesn't take as much skill as car dancing, but I am a "chair dancer while wearing my headphones in my cubicle at work". :-) I even had to get a new chair when the old one started squeaking and co-workers kept saying "what is that noise?" :-D

Christina

[peachexploration]

Today, a stranger MADE my day. I bought this new CD with slammin new boogie music and of course I'm car dancing my butt off and the stop light. I look over and he's boogying as well. (I don't even think he was playing music) :lol: So we spent at least thirty seconds at the light, smiling and boogying our butts off at the stop light. Thanks Stranger! Once again, you made my day. :D :banana:

[Vin]

Great story peach, thanks for bringing this thread to my attention.
I am definitely a car dancer, but mostly I am a car percussionist.
I play my imaginary timbales, congas, maracas and yes sometimes even the clave while driving.
I remember one road trip where my gf and I had empty water bottles that we were bangin along to the music for hours. Fun, Fun, Fun. In fact I consider that dancing as well.

[MacMoto]

I'm not a car dancer -- I'm a train dancer! :D

[ShyDancer]

I love dancimg in the car!

So many times my sister and I have been laughed at for shimmying along to the music! Once a friend from our studio told us he saw us dancing in the car! :lol:
It must look bizarre when we are caught out practicing arm styling for NV as well ........long sweeping strokes across the car :lol: :lol:


The Brakes are always fun...but not in heavy traffic! I had a near miss once and havent braved it again :lol:

[mambo_munkey]

I am definetely a car dancer/singer/drummer. Only at red lights though as far as the dancing becuase I try to drive as safe as possible. One time I was waiting at Grand Ave (which is a light that takes forever in my part of town!) and I was jamming away, I put my car in park and flailed my arms singing with my eyes shut. It was quite a scene. When the song had finished and I finally looked around, the cars to the left AND the right of me were cracking up and one guy was even imitating me to the people in his car. It was funny and I didn't want to show my embarrasment so I just kept on going. I'll never forget it though :oops:

[pygmalion]

That's hilarious!! Way embarrassing, but hilarious. It takes a certain lack of shame to be a really good car dancer. I think you're on your way.

[youngsta]

Anyone seen that new VH1 show motormouth that highlights car singers? We need one for us car dancers!!

[pygmalion]

It is SO funny! Can you say,"tone deaf?" :doh: :lol: :lol:

[mambo_munkey]

Personally, I think sometimes it's more fun to be tonedeaf while your singing. Especially if theres more than one of you. You're spending so much time laughing at one another, that you're guarunteed to have a good time!

[pygmalion]

LOL! Tone deafness is no laughing matter. :wink: :lol:

[Sagitta]

LOL! Tone deafness is no laughing matter. :wink: :lol:

Definitely isn't when one is on the receib=ving end and not in with the others singing... :(

[pygmalion]

Exactly. :wink: :lol:

[chachachacat]

I have been car dancing forever! I used to dance with big arm styling out the window and the sunroof. I think people are entertained by it.
(Or they could just be laughing at me... who cares?)

I tell my students to practice their posture in the car, stretching up, and head back against the headrest. And, as you already know, ribcage isolations are great to practice at the stoplights.

Does anyone else dance down the grocery store aisles? Practice cuban motion while pushing your cart?

On Other Car Talents:
I have been complimented while vocalizing on the way to sing in church choir by the guy in the car next to me. :)

[pygmalion]

ROTFL! Arm styling out the sunroof? That's a new one. Gotta love it, though. And I have do a car with a sunroof. :idea: Hmm. :wink:

[peachexploration]

...I tell my students to practice their posture in the car, stretching up, and head back against the headrest. And, as you already know, ribcage isolations are great to practice at the stoplights.
Yup, shoulder rolls too! :D This reminds that I haven't had a good "couple" car dance in a while. Okay, this is my goal set for this week. :wink: :lol:

[chachachacat]

A couple car dance? :?: [/i]

[peachexploration]

A couple car dance? :?: [/i]

See my post on page nine of this thread. :D

[Twilight_Elena]

I'm not a car dancer -- I'm a train dancer! :D

I sometimes do my checks, rock steps and balance exercises in the bus - till I get very weird looks, that is. I woudl do hips, too, but there are weirdos and pervies that lurk in the buses.
My best friend would salsa at the bus stops and get hilarious looks. :lol: :lol: Not that she has stopped, of course. Now she's armed with an mp3 player, too. :twisted:

Twilight Elena

[pygmalion]

I'm not a car dancer -- I'm a train dancer! :D

I sometimes do my checks, rock steps and balance exercises in the bus - till I get very weird looks, that is. I woudl do hips, too, but there are weirdos and pervies that lurk in the buses.
My best friend would salsa at the bus stops and get hilarious looks. :lol: :lol: Not that she has stopped, of course. Now she's armed with an mp3 player, too. :twisted:

Twilight Elena

:lol: :lol:

[Sagitta]

I'm not a car dancer -- I'm a train dancer! :D

I sometimes do my checks, rock steps and balance exercises in the bus - till I get very weird looks, that is. I woudl do hips, too, but there are weirdos and pervies that lurk in the buses.
My best friend would salsa at the bus stops and get hilarious looks. :lol: :lol: Not that she has stopped, of course. Now she's armed with an mp3 player, too. :twisted:

Twilight Elena

I do it everywhere. I have had people ask me if I perform and now I can say that I do!! And if they like what they see it would be many times better when they come to check me out on stage. :wink: :)

[youngsta]

Invented a new car dancing move call the "Cell phone pop". While holding on to the steering wheel with my left hand I do a pop/lock right arm wave and flick my cell phone over the wave reaches my arm. 8) :lol:

[dancersdreamland]

This is a good thread to bring back out of hiding...

I did a lotta car dancin' today! I had to travel an hour and a half (one way) for a presentation today. On the way, I bought a country CD (which is way out of the norm for me) because it had the "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" song on it. (Which, by the way, I am totally addicted to...I love that song!) Anyway, I popped the CD in and jammed, bebopped, and body rolled, head bumped, and shoulder shimmied the majority of the drive. Of course, I had to do the same on the hour and a half drive home...ahhh how I missed the sweetness of car dancing.

Anyone else been CDing lately?

[pygmalion]

Invented a new car dancing move call the "Cell phone pop". While holding on to the steering wheel with my left hand I do a pop/lock right arm wave and flick my cell phone over the wave reaches my arm. 8) :lol:

I missed this. Hehe! Good one. 8)

[Purr]

I tell my students to practice their posture in the car, stretching up, and head back against the headrest. And, as you already know, ribcage isolations are great to practice at the stoplights.

Does anyone else dance down the grocery store aisles? Practice cuban motion while pushing your cart?


Guilty of all of the above! And then some! :D :wink:

[dancersdreamland]

You know what I just thought of...I don't have "car dancing" listed under the styles of dance section on my website. Anyone have a good "description" I could use...

[dancersdreamland]

You're going to love this...

I was in belly dance tonight and we were working on rib isolations (moving your ribs up/down, forward/back, left/right) and stomach rolls (where you tighten and release the three seperate areas of muscles in your stomach to make your stomach roll up or down), and our instructor said the best way to practice each of these techniques is in the car (or sitting on the edge of a chair or sitting on the floor).

Essentially, when your sitting (like in the car) your hips and pelvis stay isolated automatically so it is easier to move only your ribs or to isolate your stomach muscles.

I literally almost burst into a fit of giggles when she said this as I do rib isoluations ALL THE TIME in my car as I'm driving to an from places...and I couldn't stop thinking about this thread! :D

[chandra]

I had a fun car dancing trip the other day, me, my dance teacher and 2 other students took a 2hr drive to see mad hot ballroom. We were playing "happy music" (aqua etc.) and totally jamming too it! Then we put the top down in my car in the parking lot after the movie, and hopped up into the car, and used the back seat as a slot. That didnt work to well. But we sure did make my care shake and boogie!

[pygmalion]

:lol: :lol: :lol: Is that the car trip you were hoping the car'd dry out for? And how's the movie? It's playing at an artsy theater about a 45-minute drive from me, and I'm thinking about heading over there tomorrow, if I feel better. What did you think?

[chandra]

Yeah, thats the car trip I wanted my car dried out for. It was perfect for me, I didnt spit at all... But just for that day, its spitting agin now. :(

I really liked the movie, but that was partly because I went with 4 dance obsessed people, and no one else was in the theatre, so we "theatre danced" (the same as car dancing except in a theatre. And you can do line theatre dances too if you have multiple people). Do my suggestion with you is go with dance friends, and make it a fun outing! :)
But yeah, deffinitly worth seeing either way, I have a poster hanging up in my room now. "Anyone can make it if they learn how to shake it".



8)

[Bunny]

omg me and my mum car dance!!!!

you know what the best song is?? 'Lets hear it for the boy' :lol:

[pygmalion]

Oh come on! There were a lot of good dance tunes on the Footloose soundtrack. How about Footloose by Kenny Loggins? :wink: :lol:

[Bunny]

we GO OFF to that song...like you have nooooo idea 8)

[pygmalion]

Oh yeah, I do. There are a few songs I can think of that make me dance my tush, wiggle my waist, style my arms, move my lower legs, sing, and make fake drum beats on the steering whell, all at the same time. :shock: :oops: :lol:

[Bunny]

my lord..you should see my dad!!!

hes soooo embaressing....*insert bad 70's dancing to elvis music here*

[pygmalion]

Hey. Let your Dad have fun. One of these days, you'll be embarrassing kids of your own. :roll: :lol: :lol:

[dancersdreamland]

...so we "theatre danced" (the same as car dancing except in a theatre. And you can do line theatre dances too if you have multiple people). Do my suggestion with you is go with dance friends, and make it a fun outing!

How fun! I must try this in the very near future... Probably similar to grocery start dancing!

[dancersdreamland]

Oh come on! There were a lot of good dance tunes on the Footloose soundtrack. How about Footloose by Kenny Loggins? :wink: :lol:

LOVE this soundtrack! Must play sometime soon!

[flashdance]

:shock: Never noticed this thread but I must admit I car dance too. I usually do tap dancing when I'm stopped at traffic lights :D

[pygmalion]

Oh come on! There were a lot of good dance tunes on the Footloose soundtrack. How about Footloose by Kenny Loggins? :wink: :lol:

LOVE this soundtrack! Must play sometime soon!


Holding Out for a Hero and Let's Hear it For the Boy, IIRC. Plus a whole lot more... :roll: :lol: