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Do any of you like to dance?
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Dancing is one of the best physical activities to prevent the crippling neurodegenerative diseases that come with age.
*extends hand*
Who wants to dance with me?
*extends hand*
Who wants to dance with me?
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I would like to like to dance. I would like to be good at dancing. Alas, I haven't the time to devote to it, and, without the practice, I'm pretty terrible at it.
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the sweaty naked kind
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Yup, although my ability is lacking.
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nawt if u did my kind of dancing
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Yes and no.
I'm terribly uncoordinated. But I was introduced to dancing lessons from quite a young age, and I do have a pretty good sense of rhythm. But to my greatest embarrassment, where everyone else seemed to pick up the sequences rather naturally, I would struggle. So I started observing carefully how the instructors moved and tried to focus on how I could coordinate my limbs with the peak of each rhythmic phrase - after a while I managed to get very precise movements which made one instructor at a course I did ask if I had danced professionally (I had to dance with him
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So my trick to learning had been through careful observation of other dancers.
All my knowledge has faded now though as I haven't danced for years.
When I was little I was obsessed with ballet after watching the matinees on Sundays, and wanted to do ballet lessons. As we lived in the middle of a forest, and mum didn't have a drivers license, it was kinda impossible.
I've always been torn between the physical and mental pursuits. I think the physical is very Fe for me. It's how I interact with other people without having to speak too much.
I'm terribly uncoordinated. But I was introduced to dancing lessons from quite a young age, and I do have a pretty good sense of rhythm. But to my greatest embarrassment, where everyone else seemed to pick up the sequences rather naturally, I would struggle. So I started observing carefully how the instructors moved and tried to focus on how I could coordinate my limbs with the peak of each rhythmic phrase - after a while I managed to get very precise movements which made one instructor at a course I did ask if I had danced professionally (I had to dance with him
). So my trick to learning had been through careful observation of other dancers.
All my knowledge has faded now though as I haven't danced for years.
When I was little I was obsessed with ballet after watching the matinees on Sundays, and wanted to do ballet lessons. As we lived in the middle of a forest, and mum didn't have a drivers license, it was kinda impossible.
I've always been torn between the physical and mental pursuits. I think the physical is very Fe for me. It's how I interact with other people without having to speak too much.
Amagi82
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I wish I could upload the ability to dance into my head, Matrix-style, because holy shit I suck at it and don't have the time or interest to actually become passable. Dancing also usually involves uncomfortable social interaction, so, no, I don't enjoy it.
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In grade school we had this class party and there was music and dancing. For some reason I overcame my fear and started dancing. The girls loved it. I was better than most at the ripe age of...I don't know 11?
And as I caught the lady's hand and did some move I felt more and more self-conscious.
After that I never danced again. I regert that mow. I should have continued. And mold it into my brain, forcing open the neural pathways that allow people to engage in this activity.
It should be like typing, at some point your fingers automatically know the paths to take to the right button.
But I stopped, went over to the wallflowers, sat down with them and said no to the girls.
I don't understand what happened. In high school we had these yearly parties too. I didn't feel I would be good, was too afraid to make a fool of myself. More regrets.
I should have done it. I should have. Boost my self-confidence that little bit more. I might have used such success later in life, go to a disco e.g. Maybe meet a girl. Fall in love, have sex at a normal age.
Dancing is part of the rituals to get a girl.
And as I caught the lady's hand and did some move I felt more and more self-conscious.
After that I never danced again. I regert that mow. I should have continued. And mold it into my brain, forcing open the neural pathways that allow people to engage in this activity.
It should be like typing, at some point your fingers automatically know the paths to take to the right button.
But I stopped, went over to the wallflowers, sat down with them and said no to the girls.
I don't understand what happened. In high school we had these yearly parties too. I didn't feel I would be good, was too afraid to make a fool of myself. More regrets.
I should have done it. I should have. Boost my self-confidence that little bit more. I might have used such success later in life, go to a disco e.g. Maybe meet a girl. Fall in love, have sex at a normal age.
Dancing is part of the rituals to get a girl.
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In grade school we had this class party and there was music and dancing. For some reason I overcame my fear and started dancing. The girls loved it. I was better than most at the ripe age of...I don't know 11?
And as I caught the lady's hand and did some move I felt more and more self-conscious.
After that I never danced again. I regert that mow. I should have continued. And mold it into my brain, forcing open the neural pathways that allow people to engage in this activity.
It should be like typing, at some point your fingers automatically know the paths to take to the right button.
But I stopped, went over to the wallflowers, sat down with them and said no to the girls.
I don't understand what happened. In high school we had these yearly parties too. I didn't feel I would be good, was too afraid to make a fool of myself. More regrets.
I should have done it. I should have. Boost my self-confidence that little bit more. I might have used such success later in life, go to a disco e.g. Maybe meet a girl. Fall in love, have sex at a normal age.
Dancing is part of the rituals to get a girl.
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Didn't peg you as that kind of girl, Fascionista.
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I would like to if it made someone happier, maybe if I find the right person, or if the person I am with makes me happy about it.
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YEah, I dance pretty good... No, I'm actually amazing.
I must say part of it is due to my mixed-up background...(They say that strictly white people can't dance very good and in one way it seems true).
I almost became a professional hip hop dancer, house dancer, and breakdancer.
At one moment of my life I had to decide: professional dancer vs smartass... I chose to become a smartass and to dance as a hobby. My sensor buddies( although they are civil engineers now chose to do both: school+ professional dancers !)
My old crew friends are now touring in all europe, having shows, making tons of money dancing for celebrities whenever they get time...Etc Happy for them even though they don't share some money with me... selfish bastards.
The amazing thing is that I'm very uncoordinated when it comes to redo or to follow dance instructions(better fitted for Se I guess); same thing with couple dancing( I hate to dance with girls because they annoy the heck out of me... they rarely can follow the moves so I need to step back and slow down; and also I never know who must lead.. the girl? the boy?c?d?e?f??)... But when it comes to solo freestyling and to move my body to the rythm in a mesmerizing, sexy, mystical way I'm god. Seriously.WHat I adore the most is the impression of being one with the music. I found mastering of body language to be the most effective female attractor tool.(even more-so for introverts who don't love to speak too much !).
Actually I have the impression that people are not really aware of the abilities of INTPs... Don't know why they think we can't dance.
I think dancing skills require a good and intuitive understanding of music theory...
**** Side note: I SUCK extremely at fine motor movements/coordination though... But I guess it's all about training.
I must say part of it is due to my mixed-up background...(They say that strictly white people can't dance very good and in one way it seems true).
I almost became a professional hip hop dancer, house dancer, and breakdancer.
At one moment of my life I had to decide: professional dancer vs smartass... I chose to become a smartass and to dance as a hobby. My sensor buddies( although they are civil engineers now chose to do both: school+ professional dancers !)
My old crew friends are now touring in all europe, having shows, making tons of money dancing for celebrities whenever they get time...Etc Happy for them even though they don't share some money with me... selfish bastards.
The amazing thing is that I'm very uncoordinated when it comes to redo or to follow dance instructions(better fitted for Se I guess); same thing with couple dancing( I hate to dance with girls because they annoy the heck out of me... they rarely can follow the moves so I need to step back and slow down; and also I never know who must lead.. the girl? the boy?c?d?e?f??)... But when it comes to solo freestyling and to move my body to the rythm in a mesmerizing, sexy, mystical way I'm god. Seriously.WHat I adore the most is the impression of being one with the music. I found mastering of body language to be the most effective female attractor tool.(even more-so for introverts who don't love to speak too much !).
Actually I have the impression that people are not really aware of the abilities of INTPs... Don't know why they think we can't dance.
I think dancing skills require a good and intuitive understanding of music theory...
**** Side note: I SUCK extremely at fine motor movements/coordination though... But I guess it's all about training.
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I'm glad to know there are more INTPs who enjoy moving their butts to the music. I'm not good at couple dancing (little experience) but I'm good (some even say that very good) at solo improvisation 
I'm very drawn to a few styles and I'm going do something about it when I'm in a better location.
I'm very drawn to a few styles and I'm going do something about it when I'm in a better location.Kenny
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I love dancing!
Making food, waiting for the bus, it does not really matter.
For the most part of my life i have been very quiet and still. So for me it has been a huge relief for me to express myself, taking a step away from logic and forgetting the math.
Making food, waiting for the bus, it does not really matter.
For the most part of my life i have been very quiet and still. So for me it has been a huge relief for me to express myself, taking a step away from logic and forgetting the math.
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Only when I am alone. I am not interested enough in dancing to take lessons and get good at it so I can do it in public. I actually hate weddings and things where people are expected to dance. The only solution I've found to the agony is to get black-out drunk. Actually, at that point I can usually dance.
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Awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RG09IB_pys Now show us what you've got ^^
Meanwhile in Ribald's room...
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^If only she'd do that for an hour each night.
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Awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RG09IB_pys Now show us what you've got ^^
Meanwhile in Ribald's room...
I have no desire to show others what i can do, if someone happens to see me dancing i don't care
The idea of making a short video with me dancing is a regular thing, but i still got excuses not to do it (practice)
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Kenny, you don't have to bother, my satellite has captured you already.
Oh hey look, that's me!
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From the age of 5, my life passion was ballet. My reasons for loving it changed as I grew into it, but it was my life and love. I think the first thing that appealed to me was the very strict discipline, but as I got older I found that there was also an almost spiritual side to dance. By the age of 13, I was doing up to 15hr. or more a week of ballet classes, modern dance classes, and rehearsals. This was all on top of school (I went to a very intense all-girls school with several hrs of homework each night.) I think most kids would have long given up, and there where times when I was burnt out and depressed, often due to the schued body image that ballet creates and I (with my athletic yet square build) failed to conform to. Despite this, I still loved it. When I was turning 15 and a about to go into high school, my parents called quits. They said the schedule was too busy, that it was taking away from my grades (at the time I had straight A's), and they didn't want to drive me. There was nothing I could do. I spent my last month's of dancing in a deep depression. I didn't tell anyone what was going on, not even my best friend, who later found out from her mother. I had panic attacks and anxiety. I sometimes didn't sleep for days on end. On the last day of classes, I wrote my fellow dancers letters explaining what I hadn't been able to tell them. When summer break came, and I was not allowed to dance, my body image fell even lower. I found rock climbing that summer. It appealed to me in many of the same ways that ballet had, with the bonus of there being an objective way to score your progress,something I had always wished ballet had. Anyway, this post was much more depressing than I had originally intended, but there you go.
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No, I have too much social anxiety to bring attention to me as I make a fool of myself on a dance floor.
I will instead bring attention to myself by being forcefully dragged out there and standing completely still (and wishing I could crawl under a rock) while someone tries to make me dance.
At a wedding once, my mom dragged me out onto the dance floor and I was just standing still and the bride came over to try and make me dance. Pretty embarrassing.
At a summer camp I was a counselor for, we had a dance for the elementary school children and we were expected to dance and be role models. I had too much anxiety so I just stood there and another counselor tried to get me to dance. I ended up escaping to talk with my INTP friend and him, me, and an INFP spent the rest of the time making fun of everyone else. We made jokes about being in hell and that the floor may cave in from all of the stomping and everyone would fall into the cellar below.
I will instead bring attention to myself by being forcefully dragged out there and standing completely still (and wishing I could crawl under a rock) while someone tries to make me dance.
At a wedding once, my mom dragged me out onto the dance floor and I was just standing still and the bride came over to try and make me dance. Pretty embarrassing.
At a summer camp I was a counselor for, we had a dance for the elementary school children and we were expected to dance and be role models. I had too much anxiety so I just stood there and another counselor tried to get me to dance. I ended up escaping to talk with my INTP friend and him, me, and an INFP spent the rest of the time making fun of everyone else. We made jokes about being in hell and that the floor may cave in from all of the stomping and everyone would fall into the cellar below.
QuickTwist
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I could learn how to dance relatively easily because I have really good body coordination. I just don't enjoy it at all. Doesn't stop me from bobbing my head to a song I like when I think no one is looking tho. You could say I have dabbled in Shuffling, however.
pretty much the only kind of dancing I would be interested would be this:
pretty much the only kind of dancing I would be interested would be this:
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Do I like to dance?
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What Cleopatra said:
"No, I have too much social anxiety to bring attention to me as I make a fool of myself on a dance floor. "
I've had one good dance in 68 years. It was in the fifth grade, it was an in-class square dance, and my partner was Nancy Leith. One part called for us to hold hands facing each other, lean back, and circle; with no discussion we decided to trust each other not to let go, and swung ourselves around each other, both on our heels, with great success. (And we both still remember this, btw.)
Since then, not so much. :-)
"No, I have too much social anxiety to bring attention to me as I make a fool of myself on a dance floor. "
I've had one good dance in 68 years. It was in the fifth grade, it was an in-class square dance, and my partner was Nancy Leith. One part called for us to hold hands facing each other, lean back, and circle; with no discussion we decided to trust each other not to let go, and swung ourselves around each other, both on our heels, with great success. (And we both still remember this, btw.)
Since then, not so much. :-)