{"id":4266,"date":"2014-04-21T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/?p=4266"},"modified":"2015-05-31T09:40:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T13:40:35","slug":"feel-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/2014\/04\/21\/feel-dancing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes I Feel Like Dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are anything like me, then you were not born with a svelte body, amazing rhythm, or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/iEPTlhBmwRg?t=46s\">moves like Jagger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My future will not include an\u00a0invitation to <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/CnrbdNjf-aw?t=3m17s\">dance at the Academy Awards<\/a>. Nor is it likely that something like the\u00a0the moonwalk\u00a0will <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/ZtYXRsP__TQ\">originate from<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/b6pomaq30Gg\">be redefined<\/a> by me.<\/p>\n<p>That said, I am a sucker for rhythm, music, and dance.<\/p>\n<p>Something magical happens when I hear an amazing new song or see dancers busting their moves. My body wants to\u00a0jiggle, my arms wave, and toes wiggle.<\/p>\n<p>I am utterly\u00a0inspired by those who choreograph and perform complex contortions\u00a0to syncopated beats.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/URIiMCW0mJY?feature=oembed&#038;start=19\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, my moves are not as smooth or complete.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u00a0only offer half-baked emulations of <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/9bZkp7q19f0\">Gangnam Style<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/nzx_78KExwQ\">Dougie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Dq_sGy4H_-k\">Cat Daddy<\/a>, or the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/ewufRwrayTI\">Stanky Legg<\/a>. My repertoire doesn&#8217;t even include a decent <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/kIgmXQXqIDQ\">Cha-Cha<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/90TzDXjWTdo\">Charleston<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve done my research<span style=\"color: #545454;\">\u2014there are a ton of amazing moves out there.\u00a0I even\u00a0checked out my equipment to confirm I possess\u00a0a left and\u00a0right foot. You never know till you check. Right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UFZxK8edZWA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Then, I wondered <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/BhHONpmlxPc\">is it the shoes<\/a>? Survey says: &#8220;nope&#8221;. Well&#8230;unless <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Q4FYNF02yEM\">we&#8217;re talking tap-dance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Excellent dancers do demonstrate a lovely sense of fashion. Though, I think the quality of my dancing finesse has more to do with needing practice and focus than\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/byBS4yU_BGo?t=10s\">fancy pants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7JxfgId3XTs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I do admire how artists, like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathanbarnatt.com\/\">Nathan Barnatt<\/a>, are creatively working with what they have to create fun new experiences that mix\u00a0storytelling, dance, and music into tasty, sharable clips.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hAiu04sUDMg?feature=oembed&#038;start=115\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Maybe one of these days I will make a crazy-fun dance video for you to enjoy<span style=\"color: #545454;\">\u2014proudly\u00a0<\/span>joining those who are boldly <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/G2guLS-zAKQ\">shaking what their momma gave them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This guest post was written by Michael VanPutten (aka Mr. MVP and member of Team VP).<\/p>\n<p>Read more posts by Michael at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/\">michaelvanputten.com<\/a>. 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Sadly, my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[36,29,25],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sometimes I Feel Like Dancing - Nicole VanPutten<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/2014\/04\/21\/feel-dancing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sometimes I Feel Like Dancing - Nicole VanPutten\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you are anything like me, then you were not born with a svelte body, amazing rhythm, or\u00a0moves like Jagger. 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