When Was The Last Time You Danced?

OneEyedDiva

OneEyedDiva

SF VIP
Location
New Jersey
I was dancing around the house yesterday and this morning to the track below...one of the funkiest ever. The band is on 🔥🔥 Only thing is I can't stand the leaders voice! Nevertheless, I have to shake my groove thing when I hear it. I was even dancing in my chair. I intend to lose some weight dancing to this song. :LOL: I'm going to have my son remove the vocals and send me the MP3. Luckily he already has the album.

I love to dance. Last time I danced in public was at my son's wedding January 30th. Stayed on the floor most of the night.
Do you like to dance? When was the last time?

 
I dance around the house occasionally, though I'm afraid most people would think, if they saw me, that I was having some sort of seizure or had a tarantula down my back or something....

Dance in public? About three years ago at a wedding. One dance. The first and only time I've ever danced with the Spousal Equivalent in almost 17 years. The DJ was playing "Put Your Head on my Shoulder" and I couldn't resist. The marriage has since broken up; was it my dancing?
 
It has to be over nine years ago. My ex was ambivalent about dancing so we didn’t do it much. I had a dance partner in my 20’s who was excellent. We took ballroom classes together and would go out afterwards to places for practice. It was great fun. One night we went to a bar that had a dance floor and later in the evening karaoke. She decided to give the singing a go. All I can say is great dancing does not equate to also being good at singing. I didn’t have the heart to say anything, but she thought she was a fantastic singer. Geessh…it was painful.
 
In public, at a wedding last summer.

In private, I'm working on a funky dance routine to the Stones' Beast of Burden. I think it's based on a memory of Dan Aykroyd imitating Tom Snyder imitating Mick Jagger on Saturday Night Live about 50 years ago.

It's pretty good, too bad nobody will ever see it.
 
In public? Not since my grand daughters wedding. Privately? Lost my buddy dance partner last Oct. "Oscar".
He was learning to do those dance steps around me, then in and out between my feet, then he passed just as we got
to him sitting beside me still until he saw the motion to spin and stop. Myer is not much into learning sadly. She just
jumps around me like like a floppy muppet. It's still fun though. Oscar's favorite song to dance to was me singing to
 
Danced the hora at my nephew’s wedding at the beginning of this century. Was dancing around the house until last fall. The start of my troubles.
 
I absolutely love to dance! (not that I'm great at it or anything). Last time in pubic was a party about a year ago, unless you count chair dancing. :D

I dance around the house from time to time, but have to admit - not nearly as much as I used to.

I miss it !!!!!

My husband can't really dance, with his legs/back issues and bad balance. I need a gal pal to dance with! :ROFLMAO:
 
I could easily dance to that @OneEyedDiva

I don't do any partner dances that has served me very well as women won't ask me to pair dance. As a young man in a Caucasian world, I learned attractive socially active women dislike dancing with unknown short men to the point within groups it is greatly embarrassing. Most people in general, especially men, tend to be greatly inhibited dancing in public, especially those that suspect they will look awkward or silly. The dominant alcohol bar/club culture is not mentally productive for dancing and why the Hip Hop, Breakdance, and Rave cultures left that world. I never danced until as a young adult, began freestyle dancing at counterculture rock concerts where I dance naturally.

I would describe my dancing as a unique very dynamic,
bilateral, 3-dimensional, pendulum, running man shuffle dance

With which I can dance to about any rhythmic music. In fact, have danced so much for decades, it is so greatly wired via neural plasticity repetition into my motor control brain, that I often street dance as exercise without any music. Below is a YouTube video of a gal sort of showing what that looks like. I can dance like that dynamically with a bit more lower footwork for long periods. There are many running man and pendulum style dance videos on Youtube, however most have endless fancy unnecessary moves versus basic bilateral pendulum movement. The dance is very similar to what we apes do when walking while our arms are naturally swinging in a countering way from the pendulum motion.


If you dance every day a few minutes like her, after a few weeks it will all feel natural and smooth. None of this is new as dancers were doing this decades ago like with this jazz swing and jive style.


Google AI Overview pendulum dance
A pendulum dance refers to movements, techniques, or choreography that mimic the swinging, back-and-forth motion of a pendulum, often emphasizing gravity and momentum. It is used in various forms, including Latin dance (jive), tap, shuffle, pole fitness, and contemporary dance to create fluid, weight-shifted motions.

Common Forms of Pendulum Dance
Latin/Jive Dance Technique: A fundamental movement where the body swings from a bent leg on one side to the other, often creating a "light" hip action. It is used for quick weight changes and to generate a "pendulum" effect from the hips, often with a feeling of being on the left leg.
Tap/Shuffle Dance (Pendulum Step):
A lively step that involves hopping on each foot twice while allowing the free leg to swing back and forth, building in size as the dancer gets comfortable. A specific tap "pendulum time step" involves a combination of stomps, spanks, and brushes.
Contemporary/Modern Dance: Choreography, like that of Trisha Brown, that treats limbs as pendulums, treating gravity as both a force to work against and with.
Fitness Workout: A,lower-body exercise routine designed to improve stability and strengthen muscles, featuring front-to-back swinging motions.

Key Characteristics
Momentum & Gravity: Using the force of gravity to create a natural, effortless-looking swing.
Weight Transfer: Shifting weight securely from one side to the other.
Hip Action: A relaxed, quick hip movement that reacts to weight changes, rather than forcing the movement.
Relaxed Posture: Maintaining a free upper body while the lower body creates the swing.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top