I think it would be great to have this collected all in one place. What I have in mind is for people to post links to videos of people dancing well to different styles of dance music (in the broad sense, but dance music in the narrow sense is perfectly welcome). I'd like to avoid having people link to just any example. I'm curious about what people think is good dancing for that particular style of dance/music. Preferably, I'd like this from individuals who are actually involved in the particular dancing scene. (I will try to find some salsa, merengue, and bachata I like, but I almost never see footage of what I think of as good examples of social dancing for any of these styles.)
― Rockist Scientist, Friday, 29 June 2007 11:27 (eighteen years ago)
(Discussion is okay too.)
― Rockist Scientist, Friday, 29 June 2007 11:28 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.hahmed.com/blog/2007/06/21/kashif-memon-the-desi-napoleon-dynamite/
― Heave Ho, Friday, 29 June 2007 11:33 (eighteen years ago)
Great idea, Rockist! You are aware however, that there are those among us who espouse the belief that "music is not for dancing"? : )
I haven't gone dancing in ages, but this particular clip blows me away. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yw21xI0uOO0
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 29 June 2007 11:53 (eighteen years ago)
You are aware however, that there are those among us who espouse the belief that "music is not for dancing"? : )
They don't have to look.
― Rockist Scientist, Friday, 29 June 2007 11:58 (eighteen years ago)
There are probably some souls out there who believe that dancing is not for music, too. Doesn't mean we can't have our fun.
― Oilyrags, Friday, 29 June 2007 11:59 (eighteen years ago)
Oh yeah, sure. I'm not sayin' it. It's just that there are some. : )
I'd like to try to track down some clips of talented deadheads/hippies dancing. Most of the videos on youtube are from the angle of "oh, make fun of the druggies trying to dance" - which is actually pretty representative - but there were definitely deadheads who could seriously throw down on the dance floor.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 29 June 2007 12:13 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com/bodymagic.html
― Hurting 2, Friday, 29 June 2007 13:14 (eighteen years ago)
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood gravy that's a lotta "o"s!
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 29 June 2007 14:51 (eighteen years ago)
I can't find any really great videos of second line footwork. :( There are some glimpses in this one though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM9qYSBUwIA
― Jordan, Friday, 29 June 2007 15:12 (eighteen years ago)
Haha, this is getting there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvgoS_EwqmM
― Jordan, Friday, 29 June 2007 15:26 (eighteen years ago)
exemplary ironic indie dancing
― ☪, Friday, 29 June 2007 15:56 (eighteen years ago)
I kind of like me some Aunt Jackie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o7wJYW3fXU
― ellaguru, Friday, 29 June 2007 16:02 (eighteen years ago)
The Calendar Girl hand shake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgDZOhQbmRs
"The Freddie": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rt4VSKvU8Q
― everything, Friday, 29 June 2007 17:40 (eighteen years ago)
The Detroit Jit Scene...
― Display Name, Friday, 29 June 2007 17:50 (eighteen years ago)
Jumpstyle
― blunt, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:01 (eighteen years ago)
wow :O
― bnw, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:36 (eighteen years ago)
Lindy Hop sequence from Hellzapoppin
Classic clip you may have encountered already over the years (it's from 1941), but still pretty exhilarating and worth seeing again. (If you don't mind subtle reminder of 1941-style racial standards.)
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 29 June 2007 19:19 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhE-0IDpkiM
― jim, Friday, 29 June 2007 19:20 (eighteen years ago)
That soul train clip is one of the best things on Youtube!
New dance show mix with Jesse the Body
― Alex xy, Sunday, 1 July 2007 23:33 (eighteen years ago)
uuuh, 'the scene' not soul train.
― Alex xy, Sunday, 1 July 2007 23:35 (eighteen years ago)
i really like this 'scene' clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhE-0IDpkiM
― the table is the table, Monday, 2 July 2007 00:05 (eighteen years ago)
but it's a classic.
also more classic than the 'whoomp there it is' new dance show is this one: http://youtube.com/watch?v=i4rBfgU20wM
not just for the dancing, but fuck, that mix is so bootytechalicious it hurts. so so good.
― the table is the table, Monday, 2 July 2007 00:09 (eighteen years ago)
yea, i've watched that Scene clip so many times.
― poortheatre, Monday, 2 July 2007 01:31 (eighteen years ago)
this one is for ronan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC4DvPgy-vk
― the table is the table, Monday, 2 July 2007 04:11 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bnqd3jTong
exemplary of something. man, i just spit food on my keyboard.
― the table is the table, Monday, 2 July 2007 04:18 (eighteen years ago)
this should keep you busy...
http://poy.no/vintage/
― m0stlyClean, Monday, 2 July 2007 04:19 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q24gZHL0nCc
― jonathan - stl, Monday, 2 July 2007 04:43 (eighteen years ago)
exemplary noodle-hooping
― gabbneb, Monday, 2 July 2007 05:04 (eighteen years ago)
Thanks for giving me a chance to spread my dance craze
― Tape Store, Monday, 2 July 2007 05:34 (eighteen years ago)
how is it working at movie theatre, do you get sick of movies??
― The Macallan 18 Year, Monday, 2 July 2007 05:43 (eighteen years ago)
from remix mag feature on record-shopping with Magda: "I love this song because it reminds me of being young in Detroit and watching The New Dance Show on TV. It was a continuation of its precursor The Scene, a local weekly dance show on Detroit Public Television. People would get down to stuff like Apollonia 6, Shari Vari, Soulsonic Force and, of course, Miss Chaka Khan in true Detroit party style."
YEAH MORE TRUE BELIEVAS
― the table is the table, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 21:14 (eighteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUZEHa4x6cs
― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 18:57 (fifteen years ago)
I can't get enough of this clip. Salsa as not seen on Dancing with the Stars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFV3PwTgpeo
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 7 July 2012 05:05 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yVLWTsNf_8
― kafkaesque (c21m50nh3x460n), Saturday, 7 July 2012 08:14 (thirteen years ago)
white trousers guy from 57 seconds onwards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0D_1NGwQdI
― coal, Saturday, 7 July 2012 08:17 (thirteen years ago)
This was not a successful thread but it's another place for me to put Tito Ortos video clips, and maybe someone will see them. I have never really had favorite "famous" salsa dancers, but I really like what I've seen of his social dancing (I avoid salsa performance clips almost completely):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IIp7l3N6EM
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 10 March 2013 05:44 (twelve years ago)
I think a lot of people took it as a joke. I'm not a dancer myself, and unfortunately, I can only offer videos like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of2Sia84qns
― kafkaesque (c21m50nh3x460n), Sunday, 10 March 2013 08:27 (twelve years ago)