The topic of that argument was, quite simply, can a dance be gay?
Even more so a Jamaican dance, despite the worldwide reputation we have for avoiding anything too ‘funny’. immediate circle The argument came about after watching a music video for a local song about holidays. At a certain point in that video, one of the dancers started doing a new move, the Summer Swing as I am told it is called. If that is the proper way to do the dance, I would very much like for nobody in my immediate circle to learn it or even attempt to do it. The posture of the dance, or maybe it was the dancer, was too suspect. The way the hands moved, the way the feet moved, let’s just say everything about the dance screams rainbow. Now, certainly this is not the only dance that would make one raise an eyebrow. After all, many of my overseas friends often say to me that some Jamaican dances they have seen on YouTube are suspect, for a place that is so harsh to anyone and anything ‘suspect-ish’. I bet it is but just a matter of time before they confront me about this latest one
