This Week’s Theme: Best of 2023 (Dance)

We live in a time when the future is incredibly bleak. The world is going to hell. Fascism runs rampant across the globe. War and violence have invaded everyone’s lives. The movement away from a belief in science by people around the world leaves us all prone to destruction from uncontrolled viruses, climate change, and future unknown destructive forces that will destroy humanity. Women’s rights are being systematically removed. The LGBTQ community is under attack around the globe. What a great time to be alive!

If you don’t feel worried about any of these concerns, you are either part of the problem or you need to get your head out of your ass. If you are plagued by the stress of our failing humanity, there is one great way to bring some joy into your life. Dance!

Here are some reasons to dance that I stole from the interwebs.

1. Dancing is exercise and exercise relieves stress, both in the short term and long term.
2. Dancing improves your emotional well-being by forcing you to focus your attention on your physical movements and not on the stresses in your life (that is, as long as you don’t stress about how well you can dance – just go for it and enjoy yourself!).
3. Dancing makes you smarter by exercising your brain and intellect through problem-solving and pattern recognition.
4. Dancing is good for your health because it leads to lower blood pressure, muscle growth, bone improvement, and weight loss.
5. Dancing introduces you to new cultures and the only way we’ll ever live in a safer world is to be more open-minded toward things that we don’t know or understand.
6. Dancing is a form of self-expression. No matter what the Fred Astaire dance studio instructor may tell you, there are no rules in dancing! Anything that allows you to think freely, act playfully, and express yourself openly is good for you.
7. Dancing is fun!

As always, there is a playlist. This one is filled with one hour of non-stop 2023 dance music. I’m not going to write any more for this one. Instead, stop what you are doing, hit play, and dance for a while (even if you are by yourself). It will make you feel better.

Amazon Prime Playlist

Spotify Playlist

The next few Faux Shows will present some Top 20 of the year lists. Until then, as always, thanks for listening, and reading!

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