Geeks make better dancers – discuss.

[Rachel]

Funny, I was pondering something similar on my drive to work this morning ...

I don't know about geeks, but there are definitely some people with whom dancing feels a bit of an odd experience. Not necessarily bad, just 'different'.

Often their technique is faultless, they can lead you into anything, and they time their moves well according to the music. They make eye contact and they're not inconsiderate/inattentive. However, I'm trying to figure out what it is ..... It's that, sometimes, the dance just feels too clinical, I guess.

There appears to be no emotion involved, or no evidence that the music is the driving force behind their movement. And, as a partner, you feel more like a robot who they're trying to figure out and make work best, rather than as a spontaneous, abstract, unpredictable being.

Perhaps it's just that they're concentrating too hard on perfecting the technical aspects of the dance ... Which I certainly don't blame anyone for, but it could be at the expense of a little bit of playfulness and fun - perhaps even laughing and enjoying it when their partner doesn't quite do the expected thing.

The kind of people with whom you think, oh God, I'd better not make a mistake, as they would regard it as a 'problem' which they need to solve, rather than just part and parcel of the dance.

You know what I mean?

Rachel

[SteveK]

Originally Posted by ducasi

I find it hard to distinguish "nerd" from "geek".

A nerd cares whether there is a difference between a geek and a nerd, and is happy to spend ages justifying the difference to others and why they should be called a geek and not a nerd

Whereas a geek thinks that only a nerd would be bothered about the difference. Hence that makes you more likely to be a geek than a nerd.

[ducasi]

Originally Posted by SteveK

A nerd cares whether there is a difference between a geek and a nerd, and is happy to spend ages justifying the difference to others and why they should be called a geek and not a nerd

Whereas a geek thinks that only a nerd would be bothered about the difference. Hence that makes you more likely to be a geek than a nerd.

Thanks goodness for that! (Or maybe I shouldn't actually care. )

[Lory]

Originally Posted by Rachel

There appears to be no emotion involved,

~snip~

You know what I mean?

I know exactly what you mean!!!

[dep]

Originally Posted by Rachel

............ but there are definitely some people with whom dancing feels a bit of an odd experience. Not necessarily bad, just 'different'.

Often their technique is faultless, they can lead you into anything, and they time their moves well according to the music. They make eye contact and they're not inconsiderate/inattentive. However, I'm trying to figure out what it is ..... It's that, sometimes, the dance just feels too clinical, I guess.

There appears to be no emotion involved, or no evidence that the music is the driving force behind their movement. And, as a partner, you feel more like a robot who they're trying to figure out and make work best, rather than as a spontaneous, abstract, unpredictable being.

Perhaps it's just that they're concentrating too hard on perfecting the technical aspects of the dance ... Which I certainly don't blame anyone for, but it could be at the expense of a little bit of playfulness and fun - perhaps even laughing and enjoying it when their partner doesn't quite do the expected thing.

The kind of people with whom you think, oh God, I'd better not make a mistake, as they would regard it as a 'problem' which they need to solve, rather than just part and parcel of the dance.

You know who I mean?

been watching me again?