Dancing

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Not sure where to post this thread, so apologies to nay who feel it's in the wrong place...

Anyway, I was just wondering how mnay people here ever dance? Do you feel the urge or need to dance when you listen to music?

I have never, in my life, danced at all. I have no sense of rhythm (which obviously doesn't help), but I simply do not understand why anybody ever dances. What do they get from it?

With regard to me dancing (hah!)I have heard people say "Just move to the music", but this has no meaning for me - to me there is no physical expression to music. Heck, I don't even tap my foot; I love music, enjoy it enormously, but it's an internal thing and has no pysical movement attached to it as far as I am concerned.

Does anyone else here feel the same way at all?

I do make movements to music, but it is not dance-like. I also don't ever do it around anyone else, I have a subconscious feeling of inappropriateness about it. What most people do doesn't seem like "moving to the music" at all, to me, and they would say the same of what I do. I like established dances (e.g. the tango), but the flailing or jumping the average person does seems ludicrous to me.

I have the "never do it in front of others" thing with many things, actually. People are a major buzz-kill, to me.

ooooh I love dancing. It makes me so happy. I studied ballet growing up and then traditional Hawaiian dancing, becoming a performer in my 20s. Dancing lifts my mood and hula makes everything seem beautiful to me - I feel sort of a euphoria for a while after. I also have lots of physical energy and have to get it out somehow. Dancing is more interesting than regular exercise.

I feel exactly the same, TallBen. I have nothing against dancing, but I just don't enjoy it. What does bother me is how many people will sooner forgive murder than forgive you for not liking dancing.

I love to dance, just don't expect me to do anything coordinated.

I like to dance and I'm very good at it. I have a strong sense of rhythm and musicality. It is a way to relieve tension for me. I also like to observe and mimic others and trying to get my body to move/contort like others are able to is something that I view as a unique and interesting challenge. If others don't like to dance I don't mind, because others aren't me.

I once played Dance! Dance! Revolution until 3am in the morning. Does that count?

I don't really know why I like dancing. I am not good at it, but I like the look on the face of my dance partner and I feel good moving. I am happy if I can finish without messing up. If I do mess up, I shrug it off and keep my embarrassment to myself. When my date was related to the band, we would go to the club and be the first couple on dance floor to get the evening started. I always felt successful when others joined us on the dance floor. Maybe it was pity?