Monthly Archives: April 2015

Do Animals Have Rhythm? Another Look at Musical Animals

dancing animals , dancing for joy , rhythm

[embedplusvideo height=”390″ width=”640″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/2f5qIEn” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/RKcks_4uLmA?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=RKcks_4uLmA&width=640&height=390&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep3328″ /]   I’ve written on this subject before, the answer being that some animals really do dance in response to music (birds) and others are simply trained to go through the motions (dogs). Whenever I see a new example of musical intelligence in an animal, I’m inspired to […]

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Dance Contest Played for Laughs Raises Consciousness Anyway

about LaurieAnn , competitive dance , Connecting Socially , Country Western dance , Dance History , Miscellaneous , same sex dancing , social dancing , teaching dance

  Jack and Jack Dancers During the Peach State Country Western Dance Festival in Atlanta, there was a Jack and Jack competition in which men partnered with other men in texas two-step, waltz, west coast swing, and night club two step.  These guys were all excellent dancers and many of them were teachers.  They were also […]

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