How to learn to dance 60's 70's 80's rock music

[BURT MCQUEEN]

I would like to know how to learn to dance like rock music of the 60's 70's 80's

Like in the terminator movie

Last night I went to a bar , and there was a band that was playing rock music. Girls were dancing with ac dc , bon jovi etc... I didn't even know where to start
I've never danced in my life

Any advice is welcomed

I searched tutorials on youtube, but I didn't find anything

 

[Scaramouche]

Hi Burt,
I can Jive and also do two step Rock'n'Roll and Rock a Billy,there are many styles out there,takes a while to pick up,if you asked those Girls you saw what they were dancing,likely they wouldn't know....The commonest genre is the two step R'n'R...The shortest way to learn is to have private 1 to 1 lessons with a Female,ideally in a studio that gives half hour lessons say three times a week...I learnt Jive in Weekly Ballroom classes,picked up a partner after a couple of weeks and paid for private lessons took a few months with additional Social Dancing and we were reasonable...The other two genres came later,you learn one style and you are three quarters the way with the others....Spin off into other dances too.

 

[BURT MCQUEEN]

Hi Burt,
I can Jive and also do two step Rock'n'Roll and Rock a Billy,there are many styles out there,takes a while to pick up,if you asked those Girls you saw what they were dancing,likely they wouldn't know....The commonest genre is the two step R'n'R...The shortest way to learn is to have private 1 to 1 lessons with a Female,ideally in a studio that gives half hour lessons say three times a week...I learnt Jive in Weekly Ballroom classes,picked up a partner after a couple of weeks and paid for private lessons took a few months with additional Social Dancing and we were reasonable...The other two genres came later,you learn one style and you are three quarters the way with the others....Spin off into other dances too.

Nobody around here where I live dance jive or rock n roll. Everybody here dances salsa and bachata or go dance to the club

I was thinking wouldn't be easier if I watch some videos on youtube and ask the girls there how to dance? The girls were dancing alone, all of them, non of the guys were dancing, they were just drinking

The dance style in the terminator video what is it?

 

[MatureDJ]

The dance style in the terminator video what is it?

Move around randomly somewhat around the beat, but make sure to get out of the way of the Big Mother Forker.

 

[Scaramouche]

Nobody around here where I live dance jive or rock n roll. Everybody here dances salsa and bachata or go dance to the club

I was thinking wouldn't be easier if I watch some videos on youtube and ask the girls there how to dance? The girls were dancing alone, all of them, non of the guys were dancing, they were just drinking

The dance style in the terminator video what is it?

Hi Burt,
You just have to accept that what you see on videos and movies is
Show Dancing....Your wanting to Dance like a Star after watching a few Video-clips is understandable but unrealistic,can you paint like Rembrandt after buying a numbers colouring in kit?....If,"Everybody here dances salsa and bachata or go dance to the club,"then what is the point doing Swing or Rock?Then in your other reality there are Ladies Dancing Rock together?...Though I can see value in taking advice from some of these Girls,you may well find out that they are far from being unescorted,take care Old Chap!....Google in Dance Studios in your Town and just sit in on lessons,get talking to some of the Guys.

 

[BURT MCQUEEN]

Hi Burt,
You just have to accept that what you see on videos and movies is
Show Dancing....Your wanting to Dance like a Star after watching a few Video-clips is understandable but unrealistic,can you paint like Rembrandt after buying a numbers colouring in kit?....If,"Everybody here dances salsa and bachata or go dance to the club,"then what is the point doing Swing or Rock?Then in your other reality there are Ladies Dancing Rock together?...Though I can see value in taking advice from some of these Girls,you may well find out that they are far from being unescorted,take care Old Chap!....Google in Dance Studios in your Town and just sit in on lessons,get talking to some of the Guys.

I don't want to dance like a pro like you say, I just wanna learn how to dance like normal people who go out and dance in the club or in the bar. I want to learn it, because I see it as good way to open girls, it saves a lot of efforts

 

[Scaramouche]

Hi Burt,
Yes dancing is the easiest way to meet Girls I know of...So get on down
to your local Dance Studio,Give it a go.

 

[BeExcellent]

Advice from the old lady:

Can you keep a beat? Like snap your fingers, clap your hands or tap your feet to the beat of a song? The easiest way to learn to dance is in front of a mirror. A full length mirror. Put on some music and move to the beat in front of the mirror. Watch yourself in the mirror.

If you cannot keep tempo, watch You Tube videos on that. You have to crawl before you walk, before you run (dance) my friend.

 

[ManFromTartarus]

Advice from the Old man,

60's - Outside of the early 60's most of it was just drug induced flailing around, not much to learn there.

70's - Most of the dancing was to Disco & Funk. while Rock settled into a more listener based audience.

80's - With the emergence of New Wave and Pop Rock, dancing to Rock became popular again and that clip from Terminator is actually a good representation of what was going on at the time. There's also other 80's films like "Valley Girl", "Footloose", 80's music vids, and old reruns of 80's American Bandstand on YT to draw from:

... and even better than copying a bunch of dance moves from decades ago, you can just know the songs and be passionate about it.

......

 

[BURT MCQUEEN]

Advice from the old lady:

Can you keep a beat? Like snap your fingers, clap your hands or tap your feet to the beat of a song? The easiest way to learn to dance is in front of a mirror. A full length mirror. Put on some music and move to the beat in front of the mirror. Watch yourself in the mirror.

If you cannot keep tempo, watch You Tube videos on that. You have to crawl before you walk, before you run (dance) my friend.

I've never tried to keep the beat and I don't even know what to do. I've never danced in my life. It's not I don't know how to move, I don't even know what part of my body Should I move other than arms and maybe feet

But I have a full length mirror

 

[BURT MCQUEEN]

Advice from the Old man,

60's - Outside of the early 60's most of it was just drug induced flailing around, not much to learn there.

70's - Most of the dancing was to Disco & Funk. while Rock settled into a more listener based audience.

80's - With the emergence of New Wave and Pop Rock, dancing to Rock became popular again and that clip from Terminator is actually a good representation of what was going on at the time. There's also other 80's films like "Valley Girl", "Footloose", 80's music vids, and old reruns of 80's American Bandstand on YT to draw from:

... and even better than copying a bunch of dance moves from decades ago, you can just know the songs and be passionate about it.

......

So what should I do? Find some 80's american movies, euro disco videos, bon jovi, abba videos and try to copy the moves?

In the american bandstand videos, I see some couple dancing, what's that?

 

[Clockwerk50]

The videos linked below show the basic steps of a simple dance you can move to, as well as how to follow the beat across most music genres. If you’re confident and socially aware, you can inject your own personality and style into it; just stay on beat and don’t overdo it. Like rock and roll in the ’80s, hip hop in the 2000s, electronic music in the 2010s, and whatever’s trending now, all of these were once top-20 hits.That means they were made for everyone to enjoy and don’t have specific steps like salsa—you can dance to them freely, even if you don’t know how to dance.

That said, a man should lead with confidence in all areas of life. If you think taking a class would help more than hurt, I recommend doing it since it’s a skill worth having.

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