Why was the ABC show Dancing with the stars, which drew 22.4 million viewers for its final episode on February 26, 2006, So Popular?
Star power was one of the reasons.
From smooth actor George Hamilton, professional wrestler Stacy Keibler, and soap opera actress Lisa Rinna to NFL great Jerry Rice, rap mogul Master P and winner, artist Drew Lachey, the show’s celebrity quotient was high. Pairing celebrities to train and dance with world-class ballroom dancers in front of a studio audience was a novel idea that plays on the allure of competition and the madness of reality TV.
Another reason the show is a hit is audience interaction, as with american idol. The show’s judges have something to say, but the votes from the telephone audience were worth half the votes.
Executive producer Conrad Green, quoted on ABC 20/20, identified another basis for the high marks: “People love to see couples dance.”
The rise in swing dancing since the 1990s is proof that Green’s claim is true. Couples twirling, twirling and swaying in tandem with the music sometimes a duo as old as Adam and Eve.
The 2004 movie We Dance?starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez added fuel to today’s dance fad, and the documentary Mad Hot Lounge (2005), which follows a group of New York City students as they compete for a dance degree, helped people across the country become aware of this wonderful art. On April 7, 2006, New Line Cinema opens Take the iniciative, a dramatization of the same story as the documentary, starring Alfre Woodard and Antonio Banderas in the role of salon instructor and competitor Pierre Dulaine.
Perhaps parents who witnessed their children dancing alone to current popular music released a nostalgia for truly social dance, such as the ballroom and Latin American styles of dance featured in Dancing with the stars and the movies above. This is true not only in the United States; The North American version of the series was based on the international success of the BBC, Strictly come dance.
A suppressed appreciation for the good old fashioned Romance partner dance is my bet as another ground for the surprisingly wide audience of this type of dance series around the world. The Waltz, the Tango, the Rumba, the Samba and the Fox Trot accentuate the eroticism of the dance in pairs, the drama of the courtship and the engagement demonstrated during the dances.
Social dance highlights the sensual interaction between a man and a woman, and romance is like a not two between two lovers, with hilarious twists, slow descents, and twists of shy, assertive conversation coupled with shaky hip movements synchronized with the free rhythms of passion and desire.
Partner dancing improves non-verbal communication between partners, and many relationships begin with the question: Can I have this dance? The sensuality of such a dance also serves to maintain excitement and excitement in the life of life partners for the long term.
So vote for your romance today by taking a ballroom dance class offered in your town or city. After a few lessons, you may find that you are dancing with your star!
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