I've got two left feet. Couple that with the fact that I can't multitask on the dance floor, (i.e. do anything other than count and stare at my feet) and you've got a lousy dancer. I'm always incredibly jealous of great dancers--I know that I'll never be one. When I was living in Atlanta, I loved step shows, and I just found out about the British equivalent--Morris Dancing!
There are two reasons that Morris Dancing is superior to step dancing. First, the participants like to wear Chewbacca-like suits that remind me of the ghillie suits paintball freaks wear. Second, they dance with sticks that they're always banging together. Morris Dancing is like lacrosse players having an old-fashioned hoedown. Morris Dancing supposedly dates back to the pagan era in England, but takes its name from "Moorish" dancing. No one has been able to definitively identify Morris Dancing before the 16th century, but that hasn't stopped people from identifying the dance with fertility and paganism.
Enjoy this YouTube clip, and do some more searching online to easily uncover even more Morris Dancing love.
