Lianne McNeil wrote:
> .Sorry Jeff, joking or not, you are just wrong about this.
>
> Reading all these anti-line dance rants reminds me of our parents
> (or grandparents, for some of you) who claimed that rock music was the
> devil's music.
Well, yah. And they were RIGHT!
> You're sounding like a bunch of narrow-minded
> fuddy-duddies...
well maybe fuddy duddy. Is that so wrong?!
> Republican, even.
Whoa! That's over the line! Although I would now like to take a lot unrelated
incidents and weave a complex theory of the line dance conspiracy
foisted on an asleep public (WAKE UP, AMERICA!!!!!), and why it must be impeached.
>
>
> There are many forms of dance, and only a few of them involve cuddling
> with your partner or flirting. Those who define dance as only being
> those dance forms that require a partner have a very limited (and
> ignorant) view of dancing. Line dancing is similar to Broadway
> choreography, but whether or not you dance on Broadway has no bearing
> on the goodness or "badness" of line dance. It's also similar to ethnic folk dance.
> I suppose you think that those guys dancing in "Fiddler on
> the Roof" aren't really dancing?!
Yes it is similar to ethnic folk dance. In fact it *is* ethnic f*lk dance. And to
avoid irritating Jon W., I'll refrain from describing some of
the other mores of this particular ethnicity.
>
>
> If you don't see any individual expression/interpretation in line
> dancing then you need to get out more, or else need to start paying
> more attention. I'm sure there are some clubs where the dancers
> perform like robots. But most dancers who have progressed beyond
> beginner's level tend to dance with "character."
This is true, although its pale pale pale (in the polyvalent sense) compared to a
bunch a lit up oldsters doin a polka. No matter how advanced they
become, the mechanisms still remind of something more appropriate for half-time at the
big game vs. State U.
>
>
> >The truth about LineDancing
>
> ...Is that it became very popular with people who got tired of waiting
> for partners to ask them to dance. (What a bunch of lamers, those
> "cowboys" bellied up to the bar!)
>
Now this is true! And it's the real culprit.
Stuart
remembering being the only--ONLY!--person (except for Nina) dancing in a roomful of
hipsters and college students at a Derailers show.
