I was born and raised in America, and for some reason I have this classic notion in my head that people should be dancing at weddings.

However, now that many of my friends from earlier in life and college are getting married, when I go to those weddings, the dance, if they even have one, is on a tiny dance floor, maybe even just a small part of their reception hall that they scooted the chairs and tables out away from.

And it turns out, many people simply don’t know how to dance. Sure, not everyone is a competitive ballroom dancer, but even my non-dancer friends in college would still go to swing dancing night and mess around on the dance floor.

Now, however, people just stand on the dance floor and sway or shuffle. I am loth to even call it dancing. It just seems like people are uncomfortable and not really having fun.

What happened? Did people stop dancing?

PS: Please check out the dance community for more dance related content. I just created it and would greatly appreciate some help with getting it off the ground!

Edit: “am loathe” -> “am loth”. STT is a b.

  • dankapotamus@kbin.social
    18·
    1 year ago

    Do you want people to participate and make themselves look silly or stay off the dance floor unless they’re professional dancers because you give both opinions in your post.

    • Hatchet@kbin.socialOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Not at all. I think you may be referring to the part where I said “I am loth to even call it dancing.” I am referring to when people simply stand on the floor without making any attempt to actually engage.

      As I said in the post, even my non-dancer friends would still happily participate in a swing dance night without having any sort of training. It seems that people at weddings don’t even attempt to make an effort.

      I’m a huge fan of being silly. I am not much of a swing dancer myself, but I will still throw myself on the floor with gusto. It’s fun!

      • zugzwang_03@kbin.social
        15·
        1 year ago

        I am referring to when people simply stand on the floor without making any attempt to actually engage.

        The shuffling and swaying that you dismiss as “not dancing” IS their attempt to engage.

        Dancing isn’t as common anymore. A lot of people have no idea how to dance. Swaying to the music is how those people dance because they don’t know any actual dance moves and don’t know how to make it up.

        • Hatchet@kbin.socialOP
          2·
          1 year ago

          I guess that is the answer to my question that I just didn’t want to hear: that dancing is not as oft-practiced anymore.