Why do people like to dance?

[J.T. 1,843]

I really do not see the allure, whenever I try to dance it just feels so unnatural. Please explane.

[GammaDove 428]

I really do not see the allure, whenever I try to dance it just feels so unnatural. Please explane.

It's used to express sexuality and to attract a mate. Most people use it as a form of emotional expression, but it's usually used to attract them honeys.

[Leonard Smix 421]

Well, dancing is not for everyone, its mostly for the more energetic people. I personally do not like dancing, even when there are many people around, I don't like being the center of attention.

 

I'm more of a singer, not really in front of people, but I do like to. My voice is still growing at the current age I am, so I am not good.

[Moonlight 7,288]

Because it's fun and a pretty decent exercise type. I don't dance in front of people but it isn't too bad when you're in your room alone. 

[Twisted Cyclone 🚓 6,261]

I like to dance even though I'm not good at it. I do it for the laughs since I try to do the Carlton dance and it seems to make people laugh.

[TubeSock2018 325]

That's a good question. Just something about hearing a certain sound that just makes me want to move.

It feels natural, even though I'm terrible at it. 

I once heard this MLP remix that was soooo good that I couldn't stop dancing to it.

I even made a video about it. It was that good. 

[GammaDove 428]

I live for the dance! I'm awful at it, but party hard! It's usually a little footwork, even less armwork, and a lot of hips. Maintain eye contact with people, and smile. That's party dancing, I wish to learn the ballroom dancing though, it's so reserved and intimate, truly beautiful.

[Justin_Case001 4,903]

Dancing is a universal form of expression. Whether it's a romantic dance with a partner or just something light and upbeat, it's a way for humans to express emotion and experience the joy of movement and being in this living body, which can often times just feel like a real pain. It's a great way to feel and experience music. It's a way to connect with someone we feel close to. It's a way to show off your mad skillz.

I don't really dance, though. Never been good at it. I like it, though. I just dance occasionally alone in my room. I've never really had an opportunity to dance in public. I'm not comfortable at loud parties or places where dances usually occurs. But I've always dreamed of doing a romantic dance with a partner at a fancy ball. All my life I've wished I could do...like, the Beauty and the Beast dance or something. Like the big dance number, and then also the one at the end of the movie after Beast is human again and all the staff are there watching. Anything like that would be such a dream come true. But I've never had, and probably never will have, anyone to dance with. And even if I did, where would you even go to do that? Our society doesn't have fancy balls or galas.

 

That's a good question. Just something about hearing a certain sound that just makes me want to move.

It feels natural, even though I'm terrible at it. 

I once heard this MLP remix that was soooo good that I couldn't stop dancing to it.

I even made a video about it. It was that good. 

Wow.  You're a hero.  That was epic.  And I wouldn't say you're terrible at it.  Not at all.  That was genius.  And what courage you have to do that in all those random public places!  Hats off.  And I love some of the looks you got from the people in the background.  They're all, "Da fuk?"  Lol.  And yeah, sometimes music just makes you want to move, right?  Like this dude.  He's awesome, too.

Edited December 2, 2014 by Justin_Case001

[ponylaces 1,870]

You can't force yourself to dance, you just.. dance. One day you'll be really into a song and just start dancing, trust me

[iceestarz 5,765]

Oh god. I hardly ever dance in front of anyone. Hell even playing dance central makes me self conscious, though I'll still dance like a total spaz while I laugh at myself for looking like a moron.

 

I may not like dancing, but you best believe I'm gonna bust some moves when Taylor Swift comes on the radio.

[GammaDove 428]

You can't force yourself to dance, you just.. dance. One day you'll be really into a song and just start dancing, trust me

There's entire sports franchises that prove this wrong.

[Shadowed Watcher 183]

I only dance when I'm alone, and to some groovy music, daddio, and in front of friends, but in front of people its usually to make them laugh. Works every time. 

[Tameless 979]

Well I only dance at get togethers, with my fiance, or alone.

 

Dancing can help you feel more at ease or get a good work out. Everyone is different though.

[Castle_Cross 331]

I like to dance (I don't think it can be called dance, just imagine a person moving like a fish out of the water) when I'm alone, when I'm hyped for something xD

[CC_Maud_Pie 6,431]

I only dance to catchy songs and not slow dancing songs. To me, the reason for dancing is because it is fun, it helps me connect with the music, and it's good exercise. I'm also into dancing to make people laugh by doing things such as randomly shaking my body.

[Samurai Equine 52,302]

It's easy to not see the allure if you're an outsider looking in. But dances are like art, they can be as simple or as expressive as you want them to be. And it's hard to fully appreciate the complexer dances unless you've at least tried to take a few dancing lessons. Dance choreography can be a long, complicated experience.

 

"Why should I bother taking dance classes if I'm not interested", I hear you ask? Well... That's the spice of life!

If dancing really isn't for you, you don't have to. But if you want to make the best out of life and live without regrets, one way is to try as many things as possible! Try foods that don't look appetizing on the outside, travel to strange places, take lessons in things that normally have no allure for you, and travel outside your comfort zone a few times to gain new experiences that you'll carry with you forever.

I'm sure you've heard the "don't knock it til you've tried it" phrase, well you'd be surprised how that can be applied to living a full and meaningful life.

 

Musicals may have made dancing look stupid, I can understand that. But sometimes it takes a different venue to appreciate dancing. I'll never forget when I saw the TV show Kyoryuger and thought to myself "I would love to be able to dance like those guys!". Relatively speaking, their dance moves were pretty simple, but that's not what matters. It's about how you feel. If you aren't having fun, if you don't love doing it, that's when you know dancing isn't for you.

[simply creative 696]

The closest that I'm to dancing is doing a front flip.

[Lisa 5,553]

Dancing can be used to release emotion, if you're doing it, it can be used to release stress or make yourself happy/sad depending on the choreography and song. If you're watching it, it can be used to tell a story relating to the song. If we're talking about just casual dancing in the club, as someone up ahead said: it's used to attract a partner and to just have some plain fun.

[Snow Frostflame 3,568]

I don't dance.... anything that puts me at the center of attention makes me feel uncomfortable

 

but my guess is its a way to express themselves with the music using their body

[Starlighty 976]

Lol dancing is fun when you are alone and noone judges you...

[Guest]

Because dat dancing will attract them ladies. 

[J.T. 1,843]

Because dat dancing will attract them ladies. 

Yep, it's about the only thing that will get me out on the floor. That and copious amounts of booze

[CuriousPony 157]

I like dancing because music is what feelings sound like, and body language expresses feeling just as well as words do (if not better at times). So when the music makes me feel a certain way, I can't help but respond. 

 

It's like the music fills me up, and the emotions are beaming out of me, and the movement that follows is the only way I can describe the incredible feeling the music gives me. It's a chance to let the meaning of the music, and my own soul, come out and play and be what it really is. 

 

 

...sorry if that's super cheesy and lame sounding. But it's true, nonetheless. 

[TenorSounds 832]

I never really understood the appeal of dancing when I was younger, but that was mostly because I wasn't very "good" at it and it's hard to find fun in something if you're self-conscious the whole time. I also wasn't really into music in general, I just listened to what my friends/family listened to and preferred focusing on video games and whatnot.

 

As I got older I started caring less and less about what other people thought while at the same time beginning to discover music that really spoke to me and eventually I just started movin' to the groove, as it were. For the longest time I associated dancing with whatever I managed when I was pressured by friends into dancing, but that's not really dancing to me. When you hear a song that hits you like a sledgehammer, where you can't resist rocking your shoulders to the beat, there's something about it that just makes you want to move, to sway, to experience the song with more than just your ears.

 

That's what dancing is. As it turns out, I'm not too bad of a dancer! It's just that if you force yourself or you get pressured into it, it's not really dancing anymore, and it's going to show; it becomes a weird pantomime where fulfilling other's expectations is more important than fulfilling the rhythm in your soul.

 

...or, you know. Something like that 

Edited December 16, 2014 by TenorSounds

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,303]

I break into dance in the privacy of my own home - sometimes for no reason whatsoever. xD  It's often just something I do to amuse myself or release happy / goofy energy.  And although it makes for a rather strange "dance," I used to play the hell out of DDR.