Web 3.0 and Social Dance: Cha Cha

Another popular Latin dance, cha cha, is bouncy and fun. Listen to this famous song, “Never On Sunday,” sung by Petula Clark: This song, actually, is one you can dance the cha cha to … a very popular one! And this is what the cha cha looks like … Simple, right? Try it now with

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Web 3.0 and Social Dance: Rhumba

Rhumba has its origin in Cuba. Here are some clips from the film “Strictly Ballroom” to get a feel for the dance. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a very fun movie.

Web 3.0 and Social Dance: The Viennese Waltz

This feels like from another world, another time, but it actually isn’t. You can still dance the Viennese waltz, and it is a quintessential social dance. Here’s a scene from Stanford’s 2011 Viennese Ball: And one from 2009:

Web 3.0 and Social Dance: Foxtrot

The foxtrot is danced as a competition dance as part of the ballroom dance ensemble, along with the waltz, tango, swing, and quickstep. However, I like the foxtrot as a very fun, swinging social dance. One of my all-time favorites … Here’s what it looks like in competition: Here’s how simple it is: And here’s

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Web 3.0 and Social Dance: Salsa

Salsa has been very popular in recent years. It is a relatively easy dance, and you will find lots of clubs to go to!     You can do this, right?

Web 3.0 and Social Dance: West Coast Swing

West Coast Swing is one of the most fun social dances. It is highly improvisational, not choreographed at all, and the blues style music is always lovely! Many of the principles we discussed in the series Web 3.0 and the Argentine tango would apply to other social dances, including the WCS.

Web 3.0 and the Argentine Tango: Community, Personalization, Vertical Search

Social dance is a natural for building wonderful, sticky, rewarding communities around. What are missing from the tango community are well-thought-through mechanisms to naturally facilitate the community’s interaction needs. Some very old-fashioned forums still work amazingly well. Tango-L is a mailing list that numerous aficionados have been using for at least 15 years to discuss

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Web 3.0 and the Argentine Tango: Commerce

There is a plethora of obvious merchandise to sell to tango aficionados, and commerce is thus a very attractive category. From music to dance shoes to clothing to DVDs, the options are abundant. And, of course, we’ve been talking about travel experiences all along as possible commercial touch points. Other, less obvious commercial opportunities that

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