By Richard Kim Kapolei.
American pop culture in the '90s offered up movies like swing-themed "Swingers," and retro big bands on the radio. Americans, quick to latch on to a trend, hit the dance floor. Suddenly they understood what their grandparents already knew, organized dance moves could be fun, and a great way to meet the opposite sex. A few years later, ABC began airing Dancing with the Stars, the reality show in which has-been celebrities paired up with professional dancers.
“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you've never been hurt,
The show's ratings soared. Popular films like Shall We Dance? the Mad Hot Ballroom and Take the Lead fueled the fire. The Hawaii dance studios were roaring with a good men/women ratio. And then the Palladium began to settle in and some people began to sense that something was going wrong. Some have hinted of too much of a good thing. Competition, competition, competition. Now in this century, many people have gotten the point. The regular social dancer is the important one and anyone can move in joy. The young do that very often and are moving into our social dance circles more than ever.
Unfortunately as they get older they learn to subdue their inclinations. But moving to music is quite naturally different, as anyone can see when some person with earphones on is trying to keep from moving in public. The music is first and foremost with a Social dancer. Then is when they want to move and they want to move differently to different music. In the disciplines they can dance full routines with nothing but a metronome and some may look that way too. These blogs will hopefully evolve for the social/universal dancer.
American pop culture in the '90s offered up movies like swing-themed "Swingers," and retro big bands on the radio. Americans, quick to latch on to a trend, hit the dance floor. Suddenly they understood what their grandparents already knew, organized dance moves could be fun, and a great way to meet the opposite sex. A few years later, ABC began airing Dancing with the Stars, the reality show in which has-been celebrities paired up with professional dancers.
“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you've never been hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.”
The show's ratings soared. Popular films like Shall We Dance? the Mad Hot Ballroom and Take the Lead fueled the fire. The Hawaii dance studios were roaring with a good men/women ratio. And then the Palladium began to settle in and some people began to sense that something was going wrong. Some have hinted of too much of a good thing. Competition, competition, competition. Now in this century, many people have gotten the point. The regular social dancer is the important one and anyone can move in joy. The young do that very often and are moving into our social dance circles more than ever.
"Fly Me To The Moon" by Jimmy Borges
Unfortunately as they get older they learn to subdue their inclinations. But moving to music is quite naturally different, as anyone can see when some person with earphones on is trying to keep from moving in public. The music is first and foremost with a Social dancer. Then is when they want to move and they want to move differently to different music. In the disciplines they can dance full routines with nothing but a metronome and some may look that way too. These blogs will hopefully evolve for the social/universal dancer.
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