a thing in 600 photos dance A very therapeutic dance party. Craig busted out a guitar and started playing improvised neck-stretching songs. Then everyone else got in on the action. First dance! ...feathery fan-dancing! Astra treated us to some... Which meant that very quickly no one was able to stand in a straight line in the dance floor anymore. Haha. I'd never partied in the Southwest and was pleasantly surprised to see the dancing kick off with some LINE DANCING! Footloosin Caught Kim's twirling... ...disappearing act! Hahah. So good. Dance floor encore! The lights came up! Closing time! Mosh pit Sarah! With each song, the staff subtly increased the lighting. It was getting close to 11 and everyone was still raging. ...and hit the dance floor again. ...get a load of this guy! Josh is my favorite person to watch dance. ...got dance floor recruited. Thas my jam. Ellen danced with her father... Out on the dance floor... ...for the first dance! ...and found that it was wholly-occupied by a barefooted Jesus-looking guy dancing in a filthy white robe. This song's all you! Back at the apartment we had a kitchen dance party... ...the rest of the gang was still in party mode. Back inside we were treated to bar dancing in a onesie! ...this was the most familiar face I saw. ...you never know what you're going to find when you come around the curve. Hit the jackpot this evening with some Chinese women doing a synchronized dance routine to a song blasting on a nearby boombox. Kids' section: still killing it. Congrats! It was really fun getting to see Gurj dance with her mom. ...to Gurj. After warming her up she turned her over... So good. ...out onto the dance floor! When we got back inside, Shruti was helping get Gurj's mom... ...the be upstaged by a ten year old! Yes! Nate wasn't about... This guy showed off his floor work. Josh N Sarah got Kid N Play. Nie to have a group of friends... ...group choreography moves! They knew all of the wedding songs that have... Sean & Nate were the wedding dance floor MVPs! AGAIN! THREE! Awww, intergenerational dancing. Usually kids need to be cajoled into dancing, but this group was already ripping things up. Everybody jump on the count of 3. The kids' section of this party totally had it going on. Slow dancing with public art! Sarah's dance moves made a halo appear. ...a morning dance show! I also had the very "New York" experience of getting closer and casually realizing, "Oh, I know that guy." Four women and one guy covered in body paint... Walking home, I spotted a dreamlike scene in the garden. ...performing a long, semi-repeating dance / ritual ceremony. 1. Air (Yellow) represents mind and thoughts, the ability to think. While I believe that the "five elements" actually related to a funamental truth about the structure of matter at the microcosmic level, I also really like how in alchemy they're used as a metaphor for the ingredients of human experience. The more I read about different cultures spiritual beliefs, the more surprised I am to learn about how the "elements" come up in almost all cultures . This time there were more people and more dancing! ...unsuccessful, save for this one guy, attempt to get people to dance. Haha. Sometimes the best dance parties are the smallest ones! ...doesn't mean you can't have a dance party. Just because there's no music... Dance floor still going strong right up to the end. Bride on the dance floor! ...congo lines are happening. ...opened the dance floor. The next thing you know, everyone's dancing... The guy was the first to hit the dance floor. GETTING SOME! This guy pretty much single-handedly... First dance! At the time I was obsessed with filming everything using my new camera's slow motion capture. Once of these days I'm going to edit together a video of dancing and face-shaking slowed-down goodness! Great outfits. I was out running errands on Saturday and ran smack into the middle of the Dance Parade on my walk home. Rihanna, obvs. ...for a disco ball dance-party at their favorite nearby bar. Jenny and her friends ended the night with an awesome I Want to Dance with Somebody (who loves me) closer. I've been going out dancing with this guy for 15 years. Haha. A little bit past 3am... The dance floor was still going strong when we quietly sneaked out just before 4am. Happy new years! Take my hand. ...I took off my pants to reveal the secret second half of my costume: teeny tiny dance floor shorts. Outdoors looking in. When the dance floor started getting serious... ... a proper dance party going!
