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Which dance styles?Why you should try all the dances
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Have you have thought a specific dance was for old people?
Or maybe you have assumed a certain dance was stuffy, and meant for hoity-toity types?
It is not uncommon for people to assume that a dance has such connotations.
The result of people thinking such things is that they choose not to explore them - and they miss out more than they realise.
What are they missing out on and why should they avoid such judgments?
Let’s answer the second part first.
The reason why you should avoid such judgments is that they are incorrect. No-one ever decides to make a dance that is only for old people or only for a select group. Actually, there are examples in history of the latter, but this never worked out. Why? Because people want a dance that is fun. They want to have a good time.
That means each dance, that had a period of popularity, had something that the majority of people (especially the young people who were socialising the most) enjoyed. Each dance captured the spirit of the age: the zeitgeist.
If a dance was popular at a time, then it encapsulated how people felt or wanted to feel at that time.
That means that each dance is a window to another time and place in history. When you approach any dance with an open mind and focus on its spirit, you get a chance to understand how people of that time were feeling. This is a unique aspect of dance and one you can enjoy all the more when you try all of the dances.
Think of dance as a way to explore the feelings of other places and times.
That’s why you should try all of the dances.
And that's why we teach the number of styles we teach. When you learn to dance at Destine Dance, you can explore more than you can anywhere else.
Or maybe you have assumed a certain dance was stuffy, and meant for hoity-toity types?
It is not uncommon for people to assume that a dance has such connotations.
The result of people thinking such things is that they choose not to explore them - and they miss out more than they realise.
What are they missing out on and why should they avoid such judgments?
Let’s answer the second part first.
The reason why you should avoid such judgments is that they are incorrect. No-one ever decides to make a dance that is only for old people or only for a select group. Actually, there are examples in history of the latter, but this never worked out. Why? Because people want a dance that is fun. They want to have a good time.
That means each dance, that had a period of popularity, had something that the majority of people (especially the young people who were socialising the most) enjoyed. Each dance captured the spirit of the age: the zeitgeist.
If a dance was popular at a time, then it encapsulated how people felt or wanted to feel at that time.
That means that each dance is a window to another time and place in history. When you approach any dance with an open mind and focus on its spirit, you get a chance to understand how people of that time were feeling. This is a unique aspect of dance and one you can enjoy all the more when you try all of the dances.
Think of dance as a way to explore the feelings of other places and times.
That’s why you should try all of the dances.
And that's why we teach the number of styles we teach. When you learn to dance at Destine Dance, you can explore more than you can anywhere else.
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