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Make those Moves




Dancing is an interesting art. Not your authentic classical dances or the complex western forms - but the general dancing each one of us indulges in when some form of music fills our ears.
In recent times, the funky word 'choreography' has given a new meaning to dancing, but who choreographs your moves when you're in a party and the DJ blears the music? Who tells you what step to put forward and what hand to put behind. What move or what shake is acceptable.
It just comes naturally, you may argue. But then why are we discriminatory towards something so natural? Why do we insist that some people have better dance sense than others? What defines or standardizes dance?
The recent diwali mela at school introduced me to the new forms of this freestyle dancing -

a) Back from the Jungle - defines those who don't have much control over their limbs. They just seem to fly everywhere. Whether its aping some sort of Physical Training exercise or truly a natural outburst is still under consideration.

b) The Clap Dance - best suits those who don't let their bodies move. The best they can do is clap along with the beat - and sometimes that too becomes a difficult task.

c) Monkey See Monkey Do - the perfect call for those who copy the next person to the best of their abilities. So whether its their hipshake or armsway - its all chori ka maal.

d) The over-achived - those on the dance floor who own it - or pretend to. They never stick at one place for too long and their moves differ from inch to inch. Very flexible - but stability is not one of their virtues.

e) The centre of Attention - Of course those who don't care if dancing is a decent art, if not an orthodox one. Their moves are wilder than rest and hence the maximum attention. For them good or bad is not the question - the answer is attention.

So which one are you?





Comments


You forgot one very important group ..The one where whistles and cat calls come from and you can find me right in the middle.


Lime:

I think its time to edit the post then Sid ;)


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