i'ma dancin' machine
i was dancing (in the window of course) with my beautiful, almost three year old niece. i thought vh1 soul might be a little too graphic for her, so we listened to digital cable '80s, 90s and r&b stations. what i realized while dancing in the mirror and listening to groovy toons is that i kinda dance like a mid-thirties white woman with rhythm. or a mid-thirties black womyn who grew up around white folk. and since i'm neither white nor in my mid-thirties, i think it's time for a little remedying. i used to be such a good dancer, and while i can still rock a intricately choreographed groove, apparently the freestyle isn't where it's at.i need to either:
1) return to atl for strict, re-negrofication dance classes or
...well, that's the only realistic option i can think of. any other ideas?
the hardcore truth:
i need to move to either chicago or nyc for a strict, 6-9 month house dance immersion. that is the music that stirs my soul to breathe. when i emerge, all of my negroidness will be in tact and my dance skillz will be out of this world. yesyes, that's the plan for now. i'll let you know where it gets me.
love,
me
posted by Phoenix @ 7:50 PM
2 Comments:
At least you had your late nineties moment in the strobe light of mjq/yin yang/revival/funk jazz. I've always danced like a mid-thirties white woman with rhythm except when I'm stepping in the name of love. So lets move to chi-town where you can study house and I will study chicago steppin (not with the R though) and then we can reform the Solid Gold dancers.
Yes!
And you know you was dancing in front of the mirror not the window. ; )
just saturday while at a bar, a friend of mine and i were discussing how live a very wack dj would be if he played jb's 'i'll house you' followed by ql's 'come into my house'...
as for the chi, no matter where you are, if negroes are in the club, at about 1am the dj will play a set of house music, and when it's closing time the joint will turn into a stepper's set. minus the matching outfits and people over 35, of course.
even if you're not from chi city, you can learn to step if you watch chicago publik access long enough. (i love this city.)
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