How Did You Guys Know How To Dance To New Wave?

[Sean]

You know, I never went to school for this but I just knew how to move to this music. I think it was from watching music videos. I guess my style is somewhere between Simon Le Bon's dance in "Planet Earth" and "Mick Tolhurst" dance in The Cure's "Let's Go To Bed". I stuck a little bit of Roland Orzabal's dance from "Mad World" here and there.

I'm also curious to know where some of you girls learned how to dance to New Wave.

[WoodlandParkPunk]

I had and still have no idea how to dance. Try as I may, I just do not have a clue. I love to dance though and care less that I suck!!!

[EchoBeachBunnyBoy]

I love tearing up the dancefloor as well, but the movements for me depend on the song. Beat & tempo seem to dictate my motions. It's never the same. [^]

[phillyidol]

I love to dance and always went to dance clubs. I just went all the time and got better.And to all those who can't dance: there is always the goth dance! Just sway back and forth and smoke your cig!

[design_femme]

[quote]Originally posted by phillyidol
[br]I love to dance and always went to dance clubs. I just went all the time and got better.A

[devildog]

I didn't, but if I split my pants in the crotch or loosened a few teeth, I knew I was doing something right!![:D][}:)]

[phillyidol]

LOL! I forgot the hand behind the back! Funny. South park did a show with goth kids that was pretty funny. I hung with goths so I did the sway and shuffle too.

[skinnytie]

I didn't know how to dance, but after a few cocktails, it didn't matter. [:)]
There was a dance we used to call the Spize Shuffle (named after our favorite club, of course). It consisted of cocking your head to the left, your arms swaying in front of y

[KYYX4ever]

I also never "learned" how to dance....I just got out there and danced my butt off ! I probably started out w/ some kind of "Waver" bop--ala "Planet Earth", feeling shy and kooky, but I didn't care. I LOVED to dance at clubs, though, and did lots and lot

[savethewave]

Hah! Awesome!

I always thought that Orzabal looked like he had the DT's and was fighting off those invisible snakes crawling all over him!

Does anybody remember that kind of pecking your head back and forth thing? People used to do that to industr

[nowhere girl]

In Southern California, there was the new wave show on tv called MV3 that had videos playing on screens while people danced. I think that I learned to dance to new wave from that, the movie "Valley Girl", and videos themselves. In the late 80s, people a

[christsmasher]

I just make them up as I go along...still and to this day, lol.

When I'm on stage, it's a lot of frantic jerking. Maybe a little David Byrne-ish. I do tend to fall a lot. Occasionally, I will Robot. Some splits and backbends but I'm gettin' old for

[christsmasher]

Aw, come on Kimmiii, it's a totally hot dance! You watch. J-lo's gonna be all over it in her next video, lol.

It's addictive, though. I forgot to give credit to my friend Adam, who has the best moves ever, and was a big help in developing the Tranny

[Rubbeet921]

Oh Hell, people in my place always remember me when they hear REM coz I happened to dance a long time ago on a party as if I were "Michael Stipe" when he did "Losing my Religion"... Ha ha ha, the female Michael Stipe alright. Embarrassing coz' I rarely d

[KYYX4ever]

And of course, who could forget the B52's "Rock Lobster" dance !! not only was that a song that would get EVERYBODY out on the dancefloor, but it had a very specific dance. it was so frickin' New wave, altho after a while, everybody did it.