Learn to dance, fo' shizzle!

[jondy]

Now make no mistake, I'm not a retard at dancing. I even thought I might be pretty good. But then this shit happened...

Alright, so I'm playing a gig down at this club in torquay. And this japanese-looking kid comes up to the stage. Now, there are some pretty hot girls, around 19-20, shaking around up there, we had the floor fairly packed out, and I'm thinking, well, here's the latest guy to make a complete ass of himself.

But then it was like, holy ****! This dude was goddamn amazing. He was stringing together moves and completely ripping it up. This weird looking japaneses kid was totally owning the dancefloor with his fat moves.... and from that moment on, my estimation of every other guy dancer I saw was completely sullied. Including myself. I mean, how could I possibly compare to this japanese God of funky moves?

And so now I want to learn to dance. Not like, ballroom moves n' shit, just like casual dancing, pop/hiphop/rock shit, the kindof stuff that goes down at clubs.

Anyone know of any good resources to get me started? Preferably free and online; while I appreciate that tuition is most probably the best way to learn, I don't really want to resort to having lessons.

With my last vestiges of dancing pride destroyed,
jond

 

[xcellerate]

i think you mean, Phat instead of Fat.

Google video maybe has some ideas.

 

[Ren.182]

Did you get a video of the guy?! :O

The best dance = jumping on the spot!

 

[bryanf445]

sure, heres where i got most of my moves from

http://www.math.lsu.edu/~bogdan/photo-albums/family/.slide_dance-dance-revolution.jpg

 

[jondy]

i think you mean, Phat instead of Fat.

Google video maybe has some ideas.

Haha, just the way we spell it down south-west. Fat.

The best dance = jumping on the spot!

I'm starting to think that's the reason rock gigs are so popular with blokes

 

[Ren.182]

I'm starting to think that's the reason rock gigs are so popular with blokes

Haha! That's probably not far from the thruth

 

[xcellerate]

here he is!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7936568002057310812&q=the+robot

 

[jondy]

That was sick,shit, I wonder if my japanese kid could do that?

 

[CrazyHarij]

Um, alright, he's good at pulling random gymnastic movies, but so what. Doesn't mean every girl in the club wants to sleep with him. They're probably just thinking "That's cool!" but still, like I said, that doesn't mean they automatically think every other guy isn't worth checking out.

Show you have a sense of rythm, that you can move your hips, and have a sensual side, and you'll be just as popular.

Club dancing for girls is like an ancient game of attraction, they want to tease and play around, i.e first establish an attraction, but still play hard to get, "Two steps forward, two steps back". If you do the same, and don't follow them around like you're desperate, you'll have great results. You need to be a bit self distanced and show you're there for a great time.

Girls love great latino/salsa dancers because A: they can move their hips, B: they have a great sense of rythm, C: They are confident enough to participate in this game of attraction.
Abit different from some random jerk in a nightclub just trying to grab the chicks tits while jumping up and down in a silly fashion.

I don't know how good or bad a dancer you are so it's hard to know what kind of advice to give, but the most important thing to learn is RYTHM.

Boot up Winamp, listen to techno, trance, drum and bass or other dancemusic radiostations on there and start dancing in your own room. Don't think too hard, that's the main rule, just follow the beat, let the music consume you. You'll probably think it's silly as heck but just let go for a bit.
I don't know how hard it is for most people to learn a sense of rythm, I work with making music and thus i already had a bit of feel for that when I started dancing. But it shouldn't be too hard.

Next, learn to move your hips. Most guys are really damn stiff in the hips, which is partly why they're so crap at dancing.

You'll probably think it's gay as hell at first, but honestly, after some practice it'll get alot easier and suddenly you'll feel a whole lot better at dancing. Shake that moneymaker!

Seriously, dancing is easy. But guys over think things and we're stiff generally. Girls are the pinnacle of sensuality and "feel", and dancing is all about "feel".

 

[Skaadi]

Those damn fat japanese............:frown:

 

[Angry Lawyer]

Abit different from some random jerk in a nightclub just trying to grab the chicks tits while jumping up and down in a silly fashion.

Funny you should say that. I used to know this guy who did that - he'd come up to a lady and just grasp her boobies and wiggle a bit. He didn't even reach around from behind - he'd come up, look them straight in the face, and manhandle their norks.

And he wondered why he couldn't pull.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[ComradeBadger]

Funny you should say that. I used to know this guy who did that - he'd come up to a lady and just grasp her boobies and wiggle a bit. He didn't even reach around from behind - he'd come up, look them straight in the face, and manhandle their norks.

And he wondered why he couldn't pull.

-Angry Lawyer

That's how it's done

 

[Solaris]

In soviet russia the Girls Pull you!

Dancing=hard
Sitting at the side however is just ghey.

 

[ComradeBadger]

In soviet russia the Girls Pull you!

Dancing=hard
Sitting at the side however is just ghey.

Change 'in soviet russia' to 'At University' and you've got it.

Dancing is fun

 

[Solaris]

Change 'in soviet russia' to 'At University' and you've got it.

Dancing is fun

Lol, Ideally all universitys would be in soviet russia!

 

[Que-Ever]

bah, just skank.

 

[Beerdude26]

In university the Girls Pull ComradeBadger!

k fixed

 

[jondy]

Um, alright, he's good at pulling random gymnastic movies, but so what. Doesn't mean every girl in the club wants to sleep with him. They're probably just thinking "That's cool!" but still, like I said, that doesn't mean they automatically think every other guy isn't worth checking out.

Haha, I'm not worried about the pulling, mate, and I've got a decent sense of rhythm from the hours of gigging I'm just interested in learning some more structured moves. Because that guy could dance. :O

 

[xcellerate]

I know random gymnastic 'movies'! And yea, it's a great conversation starter but it doesn't make women drop their panties.

 

[jondy]

I know random gymnastic 'movies'! And yea, it's a great conversation starter but it doesn't make women drop their panties.

Why does everyone assume I want to learn to dance to pick up chicks? :|

DAMN YOU _GARFIELD

 

[CrazyHarij]

Why does everyone assume I want to learn to dance to pick up chicks? :|

Isn't that why we bother to learn anything?

Bad jokes aside, I think it's going to take more work than just a few tutorials on the internet to learn proper cool moves.

Most people who can do that stuff have either went to a real dance school, learnt breakdancing or stuff like that or just practiced gymnastics och some kind of martial arts like Capoeira.

Maybe practice and working out will get you there though, if you're good at improvising and coming up with your own ideas.

I don't know what kind of moves you mean specifically, I'd recommend learning salsa, but if you want to learn breakdancing and that kind of stuff it'd take a whole lot of work going to some kind of course or something like that.
Here's some links though that might be helpful:

http://rap.about.com/library/blbreakdancecoverpage.htm
http://hgd.com/games_online/break.htm
http://www.salsaville.com/cool_moves.htm

 

[SputterNut]

The only type of dancing I have any interest in is this: www.getthewholething.com. I don't want to dance like that myself, but I think if I looked like her, I probably would. In fact, I'd probably never stop.

 

[Absinthe]

Drink more. Then get everybody else to drink more.

You'll think you're dancing like a master and nobody else will know any better.

(I blow at dancing, which is why I've relegated myself to the position of "booze hound" as opposed to "party guy")

 

[Greatgat]

I like dancing. I go to the clubs every week and scream delightfully at the DJs, wiggle around in a techno-like fashion, and drink. Good times. Good times.

 

[TheSomeone]

YOu seem like quite the connaiseur CrazyHarij.

 

[Glirk Dient]

I can't dance for the life of me. Be glad you can dance!

Or I will break your legs!

 

[Greatgat]

I can't dance for the life of me. Be glad you can dance!

Or I will break your legs!

I'm glad! No breaking necessary!