Riverdance
Or as it's also known, dancing for people who can't be bothered to learn a proper dance. If you're only moving your legs it's not dancing, just spazzing.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:13, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Irish dance is beautiful.

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:14, Reply)

There was an Ed Byrne routine that said something very similar

( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:16, Reply)

Tell that to a Cossack.
I actually do set dancing. You move your arms for that.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:18, Reply)

I've no problem with Irish dancing in itself
I've just got no time for any form of dance which doesn't use the whole body. Lazy.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:20, Reply)

In all fairness
The legs bit is a lot to concentrate on.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:21, Reply)

I imagine it helps if you can dislocate your knees at will...

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:24, Reply)

They must be barely able to walk by 35.
Can't be good for the joints!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:26, Reply)

Ballroom's a bit too flouncey for me.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:24, Reply)

It's a hell of a lot more technical than you imagine before you get stuck in

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:30, Reply)

You mean you do more than flounce?

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:39, Reply)

Yeah, he does men as well.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:41, Reply)

There is nothing remotely flouncey about the majority of it
I'll give you the Viennese Waltz and the Samba, mind. Everything in Ballroom is astonishingly technical. How the fuck the professionals make it look so easy I will never know.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:42, Reply)

My flouncing jibes are wasted here.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:47, Reply)

I will hear naught against the noble art of Ballroom dancing

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 16:00, Reply)

I wasn't mocking the dancing, I was mocking you.
*sigh*
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 16:01, Reply)

I am aware of this
You know how I could tell? Cos you were replying to me on B3ta
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 16:16, Reply)