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So this is actually about banging right?
This comment raises a relevant question for me: where is my downvote button? I have been using HN for a while, but can only see an upvote button? In the past, facing unproductive comments, I have taken out the time to write up why I feel it is unproductive, but I'd also like the ability to help blur it out.
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This comment raises a relevant question for me: where is my downvote button? I have been using HN for a while, but can only see an upvote button? In the past, facing unproductive comments, I have taken out the time to write up why I feel it is unproductive, but I'd also like the ability to help blur it out.
You need more karma for that.
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I'm curious. Could you elaborate?
Every dance style has its own culture, though of course many people enjoy dancing more than one style and there is a lot of common ground. The advice given here would be appropriate for many partner-dancing social styles, such as tango, salsa, ballroom or lindy hop. Many street dance styles are also social but with a very different dynamic. For example, in some styles you tend to gather around in a circle and everyon…
That's also popular in swing/blues scenes. I guess they're all rooted in the same environment in the end so that makes sense.
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Every dance style has its own culture, though of course many people enjoy dancing more than one style and there is a lot of common ground. The advice given here would be appropriate for many partner-dancing social styles, such as tango, salsa, ballroom or lindy hop. Many street dance styles are also social but with a very different dynamic. For example, in some styles you tend to gather around in a circle and everyon…
> For example, in some styles you tend to gather around in a circle and everyone is doing simple moves to mark time, then one person or maybe a small group goes into the middle to do something more impressive, then they step out and let someone else take a turn. That's also popular in swing/blues scenes. I guess they're all rooted in the same environment in the end so that makes sense.
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> For example, in some styles you tend to gather around in a circle and everyone is doing simple moves to mark time, then one person or maybe a small group goes into the middle to do something more impressive, then they step out and let someone else take a turn. That's also popular in swing/blues scenes. I guess they're all rooted in the same environment in the end so that makes sense.
I'd venture to guess that the specific culture of call-outs and battles in hip hop are different, however.
So this is actually about banging right?
This comment raises a relevant question for me: where is my downvote button? I have been using HN for a while, but can only see an upvote button? In the past, facing unproductive comments, I have taken out the time to write up why I feel it is unproductive, but I'd also like the ability to help blur it out.
It probably is less of a signal in humans, though. But I can't say I haven't successfully mated a few times via dancing.
> A cute trend, especially in Lindy Hop circles, is to wear vintage outfits from the 1930's and 40's. Some scenes in the US apparently went too far with that. When too many new people started coming in in their best vintage outfits, there were a few (current teachers) who made a point of going to competitions as casual as possible. > In the past it has been the tradition that men asked women to dance. But this custom…
I learned to contra dance in a groovy, gender-free group, and I found it frustrating for several reasons.
Contra dance is designed for bodies that fit together, statistically, as men's and women's bodies do, and it was far more often the case that a figure designed for a man and a woman would become physically awkward when attempted with two men.
Many of the figures involved four or eight partners, and it's honestly confusing for beginners when you lack a visual reference point for whom you're supposed to dance with next.
Dance is a pretty mystical thing, and I don't find the question "why should the sex of your dance partner matter?" to be that compelling. It matters because I want to dance with women who want to dance with men. I don't begrudge anyone for setting whatever ground rules suit them, but I wish the STRICTLY GENDERFUL, PROBLEMATIC AND PATRIARCHAL dance groups would advertise themselves a little more loudly.
> A cute trend, especially in Lindy Hop circles, is to wear vintage outfits from the 1930's and 40's. Some scenes in the US apparently went too far with that. When too many new people started coming in in their best vintage outfits, there were a few (current teachers) who made a point of going to competitions as casual as possible. > In the past it has been the tradition that men asked women to dance. But this custom…
Certainly in dancing there is a sexual tension between the partners, it is part of dancing appeal in the first place, even in the animal kingdom. To sterilize it completely makes it into a sport, not a dance. It is important that people will actually keep the sexual role differences in dancing.