I went out to the Rx Gallery last night to see DJ Harvey spin records. Angelica, Carmen, Corinne, Luke and Ryan came with me. While I was there Travis threw down an awesome selection of tunes, and Corey, Alyson, Jason, Neil, Eric, Jeff, Monty, and a handful of other people I know showed up too. I danced and danced. The sound was bad, the space isn’t my favorite, and the record kept skipping as the dance floor filled up [color=#999999]Harvey even made an announcement, asking people to stick to the other side of the floor[/color] but it was great just the same.
While I was dancing with my friends, looking around, and getting into the rhythm of the music I found I was dancing with a few ghosts. It’s interesting to me, as I get older, how my friends are less interested in giving much of themselves to the dance. If they come out at all, nowadays my former boogie buddies seem to circle the floor, get a drink, chase girls around, and talk with friends. Nothing wrong with that, but when I’m out having a social evening I never have as much fun as I do when I dance.
It was really great to go out with dancing friends. I realized as Harvey came on, and the music changed and shifted, that it’s really all in the dance. To move my body, to let my thoughts wander, to allow my aches and pains to loosen up and slip off my body and fall away onto the dance floor is why I love to dance, what I love about house, and why I got interested in this business of clubbing, and spinning and producing in the first place.
I still love my old friends, it’s awesome to see them, and smile and catch up, but I really love to dance, and let the music take me away… For me, it’s all in the dance.
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Oh totally, for me too. Here’s to working it out on the dance floor!
: )
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amen to that. you know if i was there i’d be dancing with you all night.
and it doesn’t even have to be harvey.
but oh how i wish it were harvey.
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Two people i love to dance with!
: )
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oh how I miss dancing.
I really need to get out more. I happen to live in Downtown Minneapolis- walking distance from many clubs, and I never go. If I did go, I would be dancing with ghosts too.
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I need to go out and dance more too, with people. I do it all the time in my house, but that energy of dancing and music shared with others is awesome!
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yes…
it’s just not the same. the energy exchange is so important, seems to be a huge piece of my serenity, and emotional well being.
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That’s what Im talkin about.
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I understand all about the energy exchange, and I was indicating that I am missing that in terms of letting go with in the dance, and that I crave dancing with others.
I feel a tremendous energy exchange when I teach and when I take a yoga class. But the dance is different in many ways. (not %100 though)
I love the freedom in dance, and ability to allow for surrender, and release, especially when shared with others who are also letting go.