Can you dance?

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I like dancing: totally alone and in private. I really feel too clueless about how it's actually supposed to be done to attempt it in public. I wouldn't even know how to tell a good dancer from a bad one.

I have terrible rhythm and coordination. If I danced, I would make a fool of myself. I'll stick to pacing and running with music on.

Not unless I'm standing on a DDR machine.

So far it seems like my thoughts wasn't that far off, not too many of us like (or know how to) to dance, and those who do has been conditioned to from a young age.

Yes, but I doubt it's anywhere close to the range of good.

Ha ...no

I don't like danceing and I don't get the point of it half the time which is why i don't like weddings.

I can't dance at all, which is why I hate school dances. On the upside, most of the people there can't dance either. I might take lessons this summer so I don't completely embarrass myself at parties.

No I don't, any attempt results in looking like I'm being tasered and after getting told I run like a penguin, I don't even try in public

lol, no.

I guess I'll be the first one to post who says he likes to dance and is good at it. I first started taking dance classes in 2003. The first dances I learned was swing and ballroom, then moved on to more popular dances like Latin ones. I'm now at a point where I can dance comfortably at any event that has dance music playing and a decent number of people already dancing. I know basics very well, and some of the advanced moves well enough. If I dance with a girl I now get a "thank you!" with a big smile or a "wow, you're really good!", rather than that confused look on the face, alone or combined with a question "what are you doing?".

I think I reached the ultimate tipping point when I experienced something on a cruise a little over a month ago. During one of the at sea days, they were teaching salsa on the Lido deck, with random couples taking a lesson and everybody else watching. I wanted to do the lesson, but there was an odd number of participants, so a crew girl volunteered to be my partner. They taught mostly the basic steps that I already knew well, with two advanced moves that I only had a vague knowledge of. I must have done really well, and even managed to squeeze in a dip at the end of the song (they weren't teaching dips, but it's a move I know), because the crew girl was holding my hand and smiling a lot while saying "oh wow, that was really nice; I loved the surprise at the end" (referring to the dip). Granted, it's her job to be nice to passengers, but she could have easily just said "thank you", the minimum required by dance etiquette. For the rest of the cruise, I had fellow passengers recognize me and compliment me as they walked past me on the ship.

Moral of the story? OK, I did brag a little bit, but the point I'm making is that it is possible to learn to dance. I can't even list all the occasions where knowing how to dance helped me tremendously. 90% of situations where I managed to get intimate with a girl (not sex, but hugging and kissing and stuff) involved dance situations. And knowing how to dance and being able to do it comfortably is what made those situations possible. It took god-knows-how-many years of learning and paying for lessons at dance studios, but I would have been exponentially worse off if I never learned to dance in the first place. If you've never taken a dance lesson, I suggest trying it at least once. People in dance schools are very understanding and non-judgmental. That's what kept me coming back.

I can, and frequently do, dance by myself. When I drank, sure I could "dance" the night away. Sober, one time only with some gal so worth the effort. Every other occasion is just a solitary hi-falootin' stim.