Why did house dancing leave the club? | Resident Advisor

Our latest film looks at a tradition as old as house music itself. Subscribe to the RA YouTube channel: In the early days of house music, dancers took their craft just as seriously as the DJs. What emerged became known as house dancing, a freeform style that elevates self-expression and personality as much as technique. DJ Qu, who provided valuable insights to RA on this film, started house dancing around 1987. (He’s one of a handful of dancers who went on to become successful DJs and producers, alongside the likes of Joey Anderson and Seven Davis Jr.) Attending clubs like Zanzibar and The Path in New Jersey and Kilimanjaro’s, The Choice, Mars and Sound Factory in New York, he was drawn to “the way house dancers incorporated so many different dancing styles to house music, but did it in a way that was super graceful and complimented the music.“ “It was a special time for music and dance,“ he says. Long before the current global pandemic closed down most of the world’s nightclubs, house dancing had (mostly) vanished from the club scene. In this film, we look at why that happened, and find out where house dancing ended up. Music in order of appearance: Willie Graff & Tuccillo -To The Music (DJ QU rmx) [Strength Music Recordings] 2018 DJ QU - Picazón [Strength Music Recordings] 2018 Black Corsairs - Thak’s Dub [Worldship] 1997 Teflon Dons - Inbetweener’s Dilemma [Must Have Records] 2016 DJ QU - Liquid Beats [Strength Music Recordings] 2013 Teflon Dons - Damn Mosquitos! [My Love Is Underground] 2016 Teflon Dons - Zu Mountain (Dub) [Must Have Records] 2016 DJ QU - Step Back Up [Strength Music Recordings] 2011 Teflon Dons - Eve Of The Freak Styles [Worldship] 1996 Production credits: Narrator: Turtle Bugg Writer: Max Pearl Script supervisor: Turtle Bugg Camera: Patrick Elmore Editors: Sophie Misrahi, Guy Clarke Dubbing Mixer: Guy Clarke Special thanks to DJ Qu, Caleaf Sellers & Tony Mcgregor, Krystine Walker Extra footage: Cutting Records Diane Martel - House of Tres underground dance fun Satelliet Studio Caleaf Sellers Caprice87 Paul McKee The Kennedy Centre Carloscda40 Andres Torres Thump DJ SCOTTO - NASA/Shelter Alphonso STEPZ Thomas Summer Dance Forever House Dance Forever Koppi Mizrahi MainStreamDance Stringz313 Giova Breakill ExNaStYx20 SAV SAV