By John Duarte, Pearlridge.
We all have seen him, that guy that stands out in a good night club. he moves across the dance floor - forward, backwards, side to side, circling to the left, circling to the right - with an energy that impresses the whole room. All simple basic moves that have been done for ages, the Even Step, the Rock Step and the Chassé. Moves that are made in thousands of dances and now he is doing them to this/his music - that only he can hear. It is da moosic!
He can move his head any way he wishes, his shoulders moving too. His arms can move like a hula dancer if he wants and when he wants. Hips can move only a fraction of an inch but he allows them to carry his waist and upper legs with the movement. The feet are ordinary feet moves in the particular dance. This may also be referred to as "street dance."
A street dance is a dance style that evolves outside dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs. The term is used to describe vernacular dances, mostly for the young in urban context as much plainer and basic than American or International styles taught in formal studios. They may be improvisational and social in nature, encouraging interaction and contact with spectators and other dancers.
There are fewer street dancers nowadays and most are now in the process of melding into the American style of partner dance. They are keeping it more basic and easier for a wider group of possible dancers and being preferred by the older more experienced dancers. Together they represent over 30.000 social dancers on the Island of Oahu. Yes, we are going to get more Night Clubs specially in the Waianae Coast, Kapolei, the Central Valley and the North Shore. And with a good size dance floor. More social dance clubs? You'd better believe it. The only negative is the prices are going to go up to pay for the Rail Disaster.
We all have seen him, that guy that stands out in a good night club. he moves across the dance floor - forward, backwards, side to side, circling to the left, circling to the right - with an energy that impresses the whole room. All simple basic moves that have been done for ages, the Even Step, the Rock Step and the Chassé. Moves that are made in thousands of dances and now he is doing them to this/his music - that only he can hear. It is da moosic!
"A lot of people have for too long insisted on that thin wall between
dance studio and night club dancing. It is crumbling."
dance studio and night club dancing. It is crumbling."
He can move his head any way he wishes, his shoulders moving too. His arms can move like a hula dancer if he wants and when he wants. Hips can move only a fraction of an inch but he allows them to carry his waist and upper legs with the movement. The feet are ordinary feet moves in the particular dance. This may also be referred to as "street dance."
"Paniolo Country" by Melveen Leed
A street dance is a dance style that evolves outside dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs. The term is used to describe vernacular dances, mostly for the young in urban context as much plainer and basic than American or International styles taught in formal studios. They may be improvisational and social in nature, encouraging interaction and contact with spectators and other dancers.
"Fly Me To The Moon" by Jimmy Borges
There are fewer street dancers nowadays and most are now in the process of melding into the American style of partner dance. They are keeping it more basic and easier for a wider group of possible dancers and being preferred by the older more experienced dancers. Together they represent over 30.000 social dancers on the Island of Oahu. Yes, we are going to get more Night Clubs specially in the Waianae Coast, Kapolei, the Central Valley and the North Shore. And with a good size dance floor. More social dance clubs? You'd better believe it. The only negative is the prices are going to go up to pay for the Rail Disaster.
"Good Dancers don't speak evil of someone if they don't know for certain,
and if they do know, they ask themselves, why am I telling it?"
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