by Jerome Espinosa Baladad

Created on: October 11, 2010   Last Updated: October 15, 2010

In the advent of recorded modern times, most men have been observed to be gradually relegated to doing roles we now take for granted – unfortunately, these activities have excluded dancing, the most intimidating art that has grown to be associated with women. Dancing may be frowned upon as a “man’s activity” by some critical sectors, who usually keep their reasons to themselves. Hence we see faint surprises during occasions when men are depicted as “dancing,” which actually has spiritual and ritualistic dimensions to it.

Read how King David went on leaping and dancing, which apparently embarrassed his wife (for it was thought to be “politically incorrect” for a King like him), in the streets of Jerusalem, apparently in praise of God.

Reasons that men became focused on more mundane tasks of production and war, that exclude the “art of joyful celebration” such as dance, may be explained sociologically, or through other theories, but that’s going too far for this article.

Instead, take the chance to conduct an informal survey of men in your respective network “if they love to dance,” and chances are, you’ll get over 60% of them saying “yes!” usually extending their answers with a condition. You may also observe men during events that call for dancing – even those who claim they don’t dance, actually, can be prodded to be your partner (without you even trying too hard). And yet, why even think most men would prefer not to dance at all? - that’s actually begging the question - as you can see every day proof that men actually have a certain weakness for dancing, even in the most secular societies.

1) Men-folk are the other half of the equation when it comes to most forms of folk dancing. There maybe forms of folk dancing exclusively done by women (or vise versa) but most folk-dancing require the participation of men to make them more vividly stunning and memorable. And it’s actually surprising that we see traditional folk-dancing forms that are performed only by men, some of which done by a solo male dancer (or not needing even a partner).

2) The men-folk are very much physical beings themselves. Physical can mean being sweaty, most times – and men love to see how their skin shows sweat - that’s a sign they’ve done some exertion. They look forward to being able to physically express their emotions, and send out messages that they

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