Street Dancing

By Marian Nguyen, Pearl City

The kids are dancing but it is a curious type and they say that everyone does their own thing. If they are enjoying the movement to music that should be it. However, everyone should try to expand their knowledge of the dancing field, just for fun.

 "Don’t wait. The time will never be just right."

The information should make it possible for a determined couple to teach themselves partner dancing without a teacher. But you must have the Music. Yes, it is the music, not so much the DJs music or the Band's music, but your favorite music. That makes a big difference that the music producers are not fully aware of except for the ones with the "Oldies but Goodies." They understand perfectly.

"Dancing In The Street" by Martha & the Vandellas

In Waikiki

It would also be possible for a group of interested people, without a teacher, to successfully form their own dance club, and teach themselves. Some groups already use DVD lessons just to get ideas for new material and they practice with each other.  This is real social street dancing and can evolve into Public Social dancing instead of the Private kind we have cultivated for so long. Da Reel Teeng!

Blogger's Law No 28C:

It is a simple task to make things complex.

It is a complex task to make things simple.

People know the alphabet before they try to become proficient keyboard typists. Practice, not learning, is what makes them typists. The information that is available would teach the alphabet of dancing; practice is needed to become proficient dancers.

Do not worry if you seem to have no rhythm or coordination in the beginning; these will come with practice. And practice is not some kind of routine that must be done a certain way. Just go out and dance your heart out. Do not worry about stepping on each other's feet; your will learn soon enough.

Sometimes you will find it possible to dance several kinds of ballroom dancing to a single piece of music. In the case of waltz, only one. With another kind of music only one or two kinds of ballroom dancing might work. But the leader, can interpret the music in his own way. Most ladies become very good and can follow just about anything. Better dancers than men? Of course. ****