OH....the joy of line-dances!
Why aren't line dances sweeping the world?
I mean, sure, a whole room full of people scarily dancing the same moves or rather, some odd sort of synchronised dancing might normally seem be expected in a 1950's musical than an international student leadership conference - or worse, a weird cultish ceremony before a sacrifice is chosen ( eeek! scary).
However, as I am sitting here listening to a CD of AIESEC songs, I find myself fighting the urge to get up and bust a move to Hip hip hooray..or green light!
Then I think, wow...I am becomming a "change agent"...before AIESEC, i don't think my dancing style ever would have resorted to odd gestures along an ordered line!
I feel the change! Yes....it is true!
Yet, i love it! I love linedancing. Just coming back from an AP, of all conferences ( where line-dancing is the best thing since sliced bread! hehe i've always wanted to say that), all i want to do is share the spirit of the linedance.
For what is a line dance really?
Behind the wacky moves, the even wackier songs and often the underlying naughty gestures, the line-dance is all about participation.
That is what I love about them. No matter what country you come from, there is still something that cuts across culture and language barriers, and thats dancing. The most amazing feeling at an international conference is to be in a room of " soon-to-be friends" and then, suddenly...
...a beat, a tune, and then a hall full of shining faces as some dancing korean stars hit the front of the plenary to begin their groove. After which, everyone, regardless of whether they know the dance or not, joins in - just for the sake of participation, for fun, for happiness, for being absolutely sill for no reason at all with people they don't even know.
Isn't that just wonderful?
People connecting without need to speak or strain to understand...the line-dance instantaneously means fun and connection.!
Being in a room with a bunch of people linedancing is amazing - the atmosphere is totally electric and you are engulfed with the feelings of joy and laughter.
Perhaps this is the secret weapon of the organisation.
Perhaps, if our politicians line-danced more, an environment of happiness and collective partipation will flood the world with sunshine!
And they say I'm an idealist! ( I don't get it! )
So to all you dancing critics out there...
... how funky is your chicken
How loose is your goose
So come on all you bloggers
shake your kaboose!
LINE-DANCES FOREVER!!!
4 Comments:
Hey hey~
Woohoo! Hehehe.
So, what's the latest update about getting that AP line dance up and running to Love Generation ?
*hugz*
Mel Mel
my overenthusiastic partner in crime. I'm happy to share the love of linedances with you any day. I MISS YOU
hahah mel mel...its becoming a national thing i think.. penny and I are going to create a dance to love generaion !
you can help us when you return to Aus!
Sara babe...yay for linedances. Miss u too hun... whenever i think of a firemans pole i'll think of you
hugs
Actually... now that you mention firemans poles... I can think of another place where linedances are popular... strip clubs! Sure the ladies may not do the moves in time but... the moves are all pretty much the same and often there's a line of ladies... hooray for stripper change agents! :D
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