As a dancer I get really curious thinking about these dance trends that fade in and out. Sometimes it’ll be late at night on a random Tuesday and I’ll wonder, ”What happened to the Dougie?”
Do y’all ever wonder why dances like the “Cha-Cha Slide” and the “Cupid Shuffle” stay relevant and others don’t. What’s that about?
I do know that dances usually come in style sooner on the East Coast then they do here. I remember I would visit my family in the South and they would be doing some type of dance or slide that was foreign to me. But ya know what? Four or five months later I would see the same exact dance trying to be replicated in California.
But one form of dancing that has gone astray that I just absolutely can’t put my finger on why is slow dancing! If you try to slow dance to a song these days people look at you like you’re crazy.
Is it because the music we hear at the club or a party has just completely changed? But, even when I hear the DJ playing throwbacks to Ginuwine or something of that nature I still do not see slow dancing. What I see is grinding, yiking and a whole bunch of other stuff that I don’t want to get into.
There was a time when a guy would ask a girl to slow dance instead of just grabbing her like a puppy. I know, shocking. And I don’t see anything wrong with still doing that. I guess it just shows how far we have come as a society. But it doesn’t have to stay that way. Trends come and go, who knows maybe it will make its way back. I might have to start slow dancing at a party to show y’all how it’s done.
But what are your thoughts? Is slow dancing gone forever?