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Saturday, June 3, 2017

Night Club Dancing.

Who wrote this? (We usually do not accept anonymous.)
No one’s asked but I’ll try to come up with an answer. Fred's a great dancer, considering how often he goes to clubs. His default dance is the pelvic thrust, he can break dance too.  Charlie goes to clubs with Fred but Charlie doesn’t dance much. He’ll just stand there uncomfortably and taps his foot to the  music. Robert just bounces happily to music, no actual moves. Just happy bouncing.

"Social Dancers know that if the music is good, we have no choice but to dance."


Johnny dances too hard. He gets way into it, he is gonna break something. He also ballroom dances. Joey, despite playing musical instruments, has little rhythm in dancing.  Somehow he’s got three left feet. He’s also been taught to ballroom dance but he gets embarrassed dancing with someone so he just falls on the floor and lays there. Can all humans learn to dance? In some night clubs on Oahu we can wonder.

"Los Hawaiianos" by Willie K.

 

Nightclub two step (NC2S, sometimes disco two step or California two step) is a partner dance initially developed by Buddy Schwimmer in the mid-1960s. The dance is also known as "Two Step" and was "one of the most popular forms of contemporary social dance" as a Disco Couples Dance in 1978. It is frequently danced to mid-tempo ballads in 4/4 time that have a characteristic quick-quick-slow beat. A classic example is the song Lady In Red. The nightclub two step basic step can be counted as one & two - three & four. Many of the social dance clubs on Oahu teach it.

 "Every Part Of Love" by Amy Hanaialii


The dance position for nightclub two step is with a more relaxed hold, or "what people tend to do without lessons". The lead rocks back on their left foot, the follow on their right, for one beat. "The toe is to the heel, but not further. Don't twist your hip. If your hip opens up, you have gone too far."  A gentle but noticeable resistance is maintained during the rock step. Then both partners replace weight on the second part of the first beat. On the next beat, the lead takes a step to the left and the follow to the right. Then both partners repeat, but on opposite feet (the lead rocks back on their right foot and moves to the right). Only on Oahu?

"Social dancers know that apart from education, you need good health,
and for that, you need to find ways to exercise regularly."


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