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Originally Posted by Esther
You call this dancing?
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I think it's the principle of it: It's choreographed movement set to music, which is essentially what dancing is. And there are much more exuberant sign and dowel songs than that one. If you observe the bodily movements and ignore the hands and dowels, then yes, it could be called dancing.
Mind you, I'm not opposed to it at all. I'm agreeing with Renda, though, that it's a bit inconsistent to accept all the sign/dowel stuff and then if you take away the hands or dowels, suddenly it's wrong.
Try this one on for size:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvnVcQg2aSc
(Love the little kick she does at 5:25...LOL!!!)
And this one...(which I've seen done much more exuberantly, especially the ending):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi7xs...eature=related