Dance Music CDs

How do you dance to music you've never heard before?

I can dance only to songs I've heard before because I already know subcounsioucly what kind of movements to do because I know how the beats go and so on. But songs I've never heard before and especially music I'm not used to (like ethnic music) makes me look like I'm not dancing with the rhyithm.... So basically my question is how do I feel the music and dance harmonically with it? I'm mostly refering to weddings and celebrations

Public Comments

1. thats why i like trance clubs...the music kind of just flows in and the beats mix well from song to song
2. You catch the rhythm and beat. Get comfortable with the people around you and pay attention with the tunes so that when you hear the song again you will have an easier time at dancing again. Dance with someone you know who knows the song them self. (O:
3. every song has a ostinato (a on-going/repetative beat) you have to follow that beat and just move your body to it! simple!
4. Well befor you go to a dance or somthing...look at all the top music and dowload it haha just an idea. or else you can just go along with what everyo one else is doing..we usually grind with all our friends n pretend we kno the song!! ha thats the way to go!!
5. when I feel like dancing, but have no idea what the song is, I just do whatever comes to my head, no matter how stupid or idiotic I look- once I get a feel for the beat, I can basically guess what will come next... that happens alot at my school dances when they play a song that I don't listen to. I just follow my body and everybody else... that usually works so I hope it does for you too!
6. The same way I dance to ANY music....... BADLY very very BADLY ~lol~
7. danceing is feeling the music, if you can't feel it you can't do the dance -
8. Pretty much, dancing is a physical expression of life and the best dancers I've ever seen are those who can lose all sense of self-conciousness and just dance with the music, doing whatever inspires them. Of course, that isn't always the easiest thing to do, so when in doubt, give the song about 30 sec or so if you can to just listen to the bass and drums, that will ancore your movements if you time them to these steady beats. The rest is accent, and add it on as you feel comfortable.