Styles Index Social Dancing Social dancing is different things to different people. Various forms of disco dancing are about all the social dancing anyone sees on television. There are several forms of social dancing in this site. There is no way that a social dancer can dance like an expert. Social dancing is the opposite of modern dancing by definition.
Modern dancing is very self expressive and requires long training to be done well.
Almost everywhere people attempting modern dancing do it badly. By definition, Social Dancing must be easy to learn, so it's normal for everyone to dance the same steps at the same time which helps people to remember the dance. The Macarena is a good example. The Conga and the Twist had a similar short life. Or people may stand opposite each other, or in a circle of friends and actions are passed from one to the other like a conversation.