white ppl cant dance?

I hate when smb is tellin that bullshit! its not truth! dancin is not about colour, its all about rhytm and individual skills! If i hear smth like that, i consider it as an act of racism....but its so hurtin...((( :cry:

 

It's just a stereotype. I've been told I dance like an African woman. Although it's true that when I went to an African nightclub here in NYC, the girls were just great dancers that I just stared. They have their ethnic moves... just like we have ours. I'm also very good at Russian ethnic dance and used to perform.

 

I disagree. I think there's a truth to this "stereotype", and I don't think there's any reason to feel hurt by it.
It's just because of cultural differences.

Here's two examples, from two really awesome children's choirs. After seeing it, which children do you think will grow up to be the best dancers?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HnTkVkaO4s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC1GfEXjaBU
I realize the majority here is not European or African, but let's face it, if you're an American that's some of the cultural "luggage" you're still carrying with you...

Of course there are exceptions, but overall, I'll say white people are poorer dancers than blacks are.

Oh, let me tell you a cute story. My brother is very much into music, and always has been (and Africa, as we both are). He plays a whole bunch of instruments,and he sings in a choir, so on one of his journeys to Africa (I believe it was in Swaziland), he decided to stop by a church and ask them if he could join them on some practices, to learn a couple of songs, see the difference in how they practised etc. Of course he was more than welcome, and the leader also decided to use the opportunity to ask if perhaps he could teach them a song. So he decided to go for his favourite psalm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNId9TpeU8U (don't know if you got this one in English, so I'll just put a link to a Norwegian version of the song). Anyway, as he was done singing it, the choir-leader's comment was "Well, that was a very nice song... But how do you dance to it?"

 

Yea, i used to go to the "Avalon" in NYC and black guys were tellin us "ar u sure u r white??? damn, u can dance!" ))) they re really surprised if white ppl dance good!)))))) :lol:

 

Of course there are exceptions, but overall, I'll say white people are poorer dancers than blacks are.

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yea, i agree with u, a lot of white ppl cant dance, but i have a good example too)) i have 15 friends . they are from Nigeria. and once, when i had a perfomence at university, i asked them to help me bydancin and rappin a little. and i was so shoked but they couldnt do it!!!! nobody of them!!! and ok, i can agree that the majority of whities cant dance that well as blacks do, but u know what i hate the most? when they keep tellin this to EVERY white person!! thats stupid!

 

Ronja, I think you're talking about a cultural difference not a colour one, though. If a black child is brought up in an English culture without being exposed to the types of amazing rhythms and dance you see in African culture, they would probably have about as much (or little!) awareness of how to move their bodies to complicated rhythms!!

I'm wary of any categorisations which are solely based on colour, because no one has found any evidence of it, and it goes too close to eugenics for my liking.

That Ugandan choir is LOVELY though - my choir's conductor does a lot of work in London schools (with huge racial diversity as you can imagine), and gets young children of all races started in choirs with African songs. We used to do the same when I started singing in choirs aged about 8 or so. Although the language can be complicated to learn, it can be broken down into syllables for young children to learn, and the text and melodies are repeated over and over, so the songs are easy to pick up...but great for improving memory and rhythm! And kids love dancing around when they're singing!

and also - choral choirs have to stand still when they're singing! All the little boys are standing bolt upright, but some of them are nervous so they're swaying around a bit, very sweet!!! :lol:

 

Of course it has nothing to do with colour. As I think I said, it's cultural.

And yes, if you let a black child grow up in England without being exposed to African music/dance it'll have as much/little skills i dancing as everyone else. But that's not likely to happen unless the kid's adopted, cause parents do bring with them their own culture and preference in music, so even if they don't consciously try to, they will expose the kid to more rhythm than many/most white children. Even in the US where black people have been separated from Africa for generations they still (somewhat) have "black" and "white" music, and the "black" music still has more beat to it...(As I said, it's the cultural luggage they're still carrying with hem)

About choirs, the last 1-2 decades a lot of children's choirs here too have started moving. I think it's about time. Standing still is what I hated about choir myself. I only attended for a year or so, in a normal Sunday school choir, we had to stand perfectly still. The same choir don't any more

 

If some of those whites lived with them and associate with them. Maybe they can dance like the African-Americans,Brits,or even the Africans themselves.

 

I'm a dancer & I'm white...whats more I dance in RnB clubs most of the time. xxx

 

Are you from Europe or the States Miss Kiki?

 

UK hon x

 

Welcome to the site Miss Kiki. Hope to see more of you soon.

 

Thank you & I was going to put a few pics on but maybe wait a little while till I get to know people better!!! x

 

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Where the hell is that lol x

 

My question is why are you so concerned about dancing like black women? :lol:

 

I'm not. I dance like a stick, and I'm proud of it :lol:

 

That's all good...the only moves I care a woman makes is in the bedroom!

 

bullshit

i know this is crap, i know i can dance and i know i am good at it, it's my life and i am white and a professional dancer so when i hear this it gets me vexed, it's not like all black women are good dancers either though.

 

its not that blacks are better dancers....its just that most popular forms of music today stem from Africa....we appear to be the best because we are dancing to our own creations

Jazz is the only true "American" art form and blacks had a big hand in creating it...

Country, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Reggaeton (dancehall music), R&B....all have African roots...and i'm sure other forms as well