Dance Like No One Is Around

I cannot believe I have not done a post about dances around the world. I have done almost everything else, and I never did something about my favorite thing in the world. Currently, I am in disbelief and am very angry with myself, but let’s get over that, and write you a killer post on dances around the world.

Dancing is one of the best things in the world, next to travelling, eating, and sleeping, comes dancing. Honestly, I could not imagine a world without dancing. It is way for one to express oneself, it does not even matter if you are bad, and that is how you are expressing yourself. My favorite thing about dancing is that you can escape into the music and explore a different world, which are your imaginations and ideas that come together and hopefully go to the beat. If they don’t that’s ok. Just a reminder, if you are told that you are a bad dancer, don’t listen to anyone. It is not about how good you are, that is what is so cool about dance, it is about expression, just like making a statement with fashion, so tell them to shut up and just keep dancing.

Here is a look at some of the dances from all around the world. There are so many forms of dances.  Nowadays, twerking is all the hype, but there is so much more to dancing than moving your butt or gyrating.

Ballet is one form of dance that is all about grace and beauty. It started during the Italian Renaissance in the 15^th century, and is now a widely practiced dance that shows the elegance of people. Similarly, tap and jazz are also quite popularly learned, especially here in America. Tap is when small metal plates on the shoes of dancers hit the floor making a tapping sound and was started in the US. Now, more popularly we have break dancing, which looks so cool and probably takes a ton of skill. It is very athletic and visual, that started in NYC area in 1970s by African Americans and Puerto Rican youth.

Then we have all the dance styles that happen on the ballroom floor. There is the waltz, a dance to slow and melodic music require delicate movements that flow well. Polka is a central European dance and swing is a group of dances in the style of jazz music. These types of dances typically require partners, usually a man and a woman, but does it really matter now.  For feistier partner dances, there is the tango, salsa, and fandango. The flamenco is pretty feisty too.

Dances from other places include Kekak Trance dance, an Indonesian performance to connect with ancestral spirits. Capoeira is a Brazilian dance martial arts mix, similar to Shaolin Monk Dance. Celestial dance is Cambodian and depicts stories of the country’s past. Belly dancing is done in the Middle East, and we all know what that is. Kabuki is a Japanese dance drama, while the Lion dance is from China and the performers wear lion costumes whiling mimicking its actions. Cossack Dance is from Ukranie and uses a lot of acrobatic fest, jumps, spins, while Irish step dance is more of just a focus on footwork.

So, this list I am looking at, suggesting all these dances, puts them in order of what is best. Guess who shows up on there three times? The INDIANS!! That’s right, we are pretty good at dancing, from Bhangra and folk dance, to classical Bharathanatyam and Kathak, to our super famous Bollywood dance. We incorporate styles from all over the world and put it together while wearing vibrant colors. Not to brag or anything, but we are awesome. Actually, all dances in general are awesome, so try it out, doesn’t matter what gender you are, just dance.

For the list click here.