How to dance at a night club?!

Fukuyama · 28-10-2009 8:45pm #1

Hey Guys

I'll be going to my first night club when I go eighteen in a few weeks...and obviously I'll have to dance.

My girlfriend has been going since she was sixteen and is pretty good at dancing etc and knows to to act etc in a night club... I'm a complete novice.

I've danced a few time like at wedding and house partys. I SUCK! the worse thing is that I know I suck - if I didnt I could just dance and wouldnt give a ****.

But I get an awful feeling when I dance (even for a few seconds). It's like my stomach tightens up...like the feeling you get when your ringtons is 'Staying Alive' and it goes off at a funeral...awful...I end up either looking really stiff or like my grand dad busting out the moves straight from 1945 when the war ended!

Please help...any advice
I've read loads of thing on the net about 'going with the flow' etc but I dont even know what the hell the flow IS!!

Thanks!!

SV · 28-10-2009 8:48pm

Just..move..to the music

No one is going to be looking at you.

Ever nod your head to music ? That..except with your whole body.

Corkfeen · 28-10-2009 8:48pm

Dance Badly you'll fit right in. I dance terribly but get away it.;)

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 28-10-2009 8:49pm

Stand by the air conditioning and sway.

qwertplaywert · 28-10-2009 8:49pm

Go this weekend undercover, pretending to be a person 18 or more. That way, you can see 'how to act' etc , and they will never know it was you mwahahahaha.

zonEEE · 28-10-2009 8:50pm

Big Fish, Little Fish, Cardboard box?

Helen G · 28-10-2009 8:50pm

pretend you are balancing 10p coin on each shoulder:-)

sky88 · 28-10-2009 8:51pm

get drunk it will come to you i suck too but im never off the dancefloor once im drunk and its fun making a fool of yourself dancing badly

Jimmy Iovine · 28-10-2009 8:51pm

Buy a drink and just lean against the counter

SRFC90 · 28-10-2009 8:52pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC0ZNbExaDw

You'll find most people doing this in a club in a few weeks. Watch it. Study it. DO IT.

jumpguy · 28-10-2009 8:53pm

You just bounce up and down if you got nothing else to do, probably put one hand up in the air, or if you're crazy two hands. You might feel uncomfortable, but rest assured, while you might feel like an idiot and not enjoy it, you're fitting right in. Anyway, you get used to it after a while.

nipps · 28-10-2009 8:53pm

who cares if your a bad dancer...just dont fall over!

Riddle101 · 28-10-2009 8:53pm

OP if you want to know how to dance properly at a nightclub you should do what these guys did:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdCidPd-azM

Piste · 28-10-2009 8:54pm

There's nothing funnier than a guy who can't dance

If it's indie/alternative music you're dancing to, just shuffle around, look slightly bored and like you've somewhere better to be.

DancingQueen:) · 28-10-2009 8:54pm

Just go with the music

It'll be akward for the first few minutes but you'll get used to it. Don't worry what anyone says they won't be looking at you anyway! And if you look around i'm sure the majority of the dance floor will be in the same position. Have fun

Agricola · 28-10-2009 8:55pm

Some killer moves here.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwVa06LSlxk

Nightclubs arent about dancin dude, they're about gettin a roide, but you seem to have that part worked out already!

zonEEE · 28-10-2009 8:55pm

Winters · 28-10-2009 8:56pm

Little box,
Big box.

Little box,
Big box.

How hard is it to pack the boxes?

Ruu_Old · 28-10-2009 8:57pm

Easy! Scroll to 3:20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31A5-ThrllI

MagicMarker · 28-10-2009 8:58pm

If you don't want to dance (it sounds like you don't) then why, prey tell, are you going to a nightclub?!?

If there is a hell, it's in a nightclub.

My name is URL · 28-10-2009 8:58pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xi4O1yi6b0

Fukuyama · 28-10-2009 8:58pm

Holy crap! I posted this Q like five seconds ago!!!

Does anyone have any specific tips

I'd imagine we'll be going to Q bar or somewhere like that.

MagicMarker · 28-10-2009 8:58pm

Winters wrote: »

Little box,
Big box.

Little box,
Big box.

How hard is it to pack the boxes?

As hard as it is to stack the shelves?

Fukuyama · 28-10-2009 9:00pm

strongr wrote: »

Okay...I'm willing to assume that that IS bad dancing! ... but good in another sense I guess

Fukuyama · 28-10-2009 9:00pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

As hard as it is to stack the shelves?

What the hell is packing the shelves?

Agricola · 28-10-2009 9:00pm

Dean0088 wrote: »

Does anyone have any specific tips

Try to do this.........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RQeWM4w82E

If you bring a helmet it will be easier.

Borneo Fnctn · 28-10-2009 9:01pm

Some quality moves in this video kid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qObDTEELHKA

5starpool · 28-10-2009 9:02pm

Dean0088 wrote: »

Hey Guys

I'll be going to my first night club when I go eighteen in a few weeks...and obviously I'll have to dance.

My girlfriend has been going since she was sixteen and is pretty good at dancing etc and knows to to act etc in a night club... I'm a complete novice.

I've danced a few time like at wedding and house partys. I SUCK! the worse thing is that I know I suck - if I didnt I could just dance and wouldnt give a ****.

But I get an awful feeling when I dance (even for a few seconds). It's like my stomach tightens up...like the feeling you get when your ringtons is 'Staying Alive' and it goes off at a funeral...awful...I end up either looking really stiff or like my grand dad busting out the moves straight from 1945 when the war ended!

Please help...any advice
I've read loads of thing on the net about 'going with the flow' etc but I dont even know what the hell the flow IS!!

Thanks!!

You put your left leg in, your left leg out, etc, etc.

DarkJager · 28-10-2009 9:02pm

Reach for the lasers

Fukuyama · 28-10-2009 9:03pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

If you don't want to dance (it sounds like you don't) then why, prey tell, are you going to a nightclub?!?

If there is a hell, it's in a nightclub.

Oh no believe me... Im not a nightclub kinda guy...I hate that stuff

But it's moreso my friends and an age thing...I'll have to go for social occasions anyway...birthdays etc... so I kinda have to dance etc...

We all have to do thing our friends like and we're not so fond of

but then I might grow to like night clubs once I get over my fear of dancing

Anyone any tips?

28-10-2009 9:06pm

Dean0088 wrote: »

I SUCK! the worse thing is that I know I suck

You and 95% of the rest of the people in the club.

bluto63 · 28-10-2009 9:06pm

If you're drunk, you won't care about anything that's happening past your nose

Fukuyama · 28-10-2009 9:07pm

I appreciate all of the YouTube videos ... but this is actually kind of a serious problem.

Dont mean to drag you guys down!

but really... I kind of have social anxiety (It's real and I cant quite explain it.anyone who has it will know it's hell) so dancing is like everest .

wudangclan · 28-10-2009 9:07pm

Dean0088 wrote: »

Oh no believe me... Im not a nightclub kinda guy...I hate that stuff

But it's moreso my friends and an age thing...I'll have to go for social occasions anyway...birthdays etc... so I kinda have to dance etc...

We all have to do thing our friends like and we're not so fond of

but then I might grow to like night clubs once I get over my fear of dancing

Anyone any tips?

you could always join a dancing class.
confidence will go a lot further on the dancefloor than technique but if you get confidence from learning some techniques ,so be it.
going with the flow means not allowing your fear of dancing to get in the way of your enjoyment,just groove.

DarkJager · 28-10-2009 9:07pm

Dean0088 wrote: »

Oh no believe me... Im not a nightclub kinda guy...I hate that stuff

But it's moreso my friends and an age thing...I'll have to go for social occasions anyway...birthdays etc... so I kinda have to dance etc...

We all have to do thing our friends like and we're not so fond of

but then I might grow to like night clubs once I get over my fear of dancing

Anyone any tips?

About 5 shots of aftershock black will have that fear out of you in no time.

MagicMarker · 28-10-2009 9:10pm

Just because you're in a nightclub doesn't mean you have to dance.

Fukuyama · 28-10-2009 9:11pm

Hmmm...it would appear a few shots or a guzzled down pint might work...but i ****ing hate hangovers!

Corkfeen · 28-10-2009 9:12pm

Ninety percent of my mates are incapable of dancing. But sure who gives a damn, we still do it.

Just stop over thinking the situation.

DancingQueen:) · 28-10-2009 9:12pm

Just kind of step from foot to foot to the music or jump a lot. I can't really explain it but just follow the music. It sounds weird but practise. Dance around your room or something it helps and its fun ( and hopefully will make you less self-concious) but make sure the curtains are down!

Fukuyama · 28-10-2009 9:12pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

Just because you're in a nightclub doesn't mean you have to dance.

I know... I'll probably only dance for a while. My GF is dying to get me dancing with her because she loves it... I used my age as an excuse for not going till now

pikachucheeks · 28-10-2009 9:13pm

strongr wrote: »

Big Fish, Little Fish, Cardboard box?

Shoot the pigeon, shoot the rat!

wudangclan · 28-10-2009 9:13pm

Dean0088 wrote: »

I know... I'll probably only dance for a while. My GF is dying to get me dancing with her because she loves it... I used my age as an excuse for not going till now

then get her to teach you.
nothing like some private lessons.;)

Creamy Goodness · 28-10-2009 9:14pm

this is how you dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS1cLOIxsQ8

useful_contacts · 28-10-2009 9:14pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWOLVuQzCOs

weldoninhio · 28-10-2009 9:15pm

Dean0088 wrote: »

I know... I'll probably only dance for a while. My GF is dying to get me dancing with her because she loves it... I used my age as an excuse for not going till now

She must have told her regular guys not to come up to her the night you go out

dsmythy · 28-10-2009 9:15pm

Dean0088 wrote: »

I know... I'll probably only dance for a while. My GF is dying to get me dancing with her because she loves it... I used my age as an excuse for not going till now

Ah come on. Seriously. No-one will be looking at you dance bar your girlfirend but i'm sure she won't care how you dance.

Fukuyama · 28-10-2009 9:16pm

You guys are the shiz!

Any more tips ... technique would be good in terms of tips like the whole 'pretend you have two coins on your shoulders'.

Then I can practice to get over the self confidence!

Riddle101 · 28-10-2009 9:17pm

Dean0088 wrote: »

I know... I'll probably only dance for a while. My GF is dying to get me dancing with her because she loves it... I used my age as an excuse for not going till now

Seriously OP there is no way you can not look silly on the dancefloor without proper training. Unless you're the next Micheal Flatley, or have expierence, the only thing you can do if either 1)Fake an injury, or 2)Just do your best and try copying what other people are doing on the dance floor. Your best bit is to get a pint or two in you first so that you'll at least have a bit of confidence.