7 inspiring DDR videos to learn the moves

Exercise can be hard to fit in the daily schedule, or worse it can become a drab routine. What if it could be fun and nourishing to the whole body? I mean literally, entire body. That's what I've found in Dance Dance Revolution. It exercises my body with the jumps and my brain with the requirement to be alert.

I love starting my day with dance and music, and it helps me get over performance anxiety too. No one is watching, and I can do any silly beautiful moves I choose. Unless there is a hidden camera somewhere...then I'd become famous, haha.

To get ideas for the moves and tricks I hunted YouTube for some inspirational videos. Here is a selection of the best 7:





Slow to start, but it's worth it








Just the feet there, useful to learn the moves

Intense love quotes and poetry that stir the heart

Cloths of Heaven
Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
-William Butler Yeats


It's amasing... it's beautiful!... How did you do that?
-Ground Hawk Day movie

Alister Spence Trio and Jon Hassell

Yesterday was a happy day. After a day-trip to Blue Mountains we headed to the Sydney Opera House to enjoy some "new music." I wouldn't call it "new age" as this term has acquired a negative rep in the recent days, so we'll just stick to "new." New, because it's made possible by the developments in technology, endless variations of filters and effects to create the mood.

The opening was performed by Alister Spence Trio and it was a lot of fun to watch the musicians make love to their instruments. Literally. They found very imaginative ways to make sounds, like using sticks to rub on strings and dangling objects over the drums. Here is a video of the melody, recorded earlier.



Then Jon Hassell came out with a very serious face. He played the entire show in one go, almost as one track, and when someone attempted to applaud he waved his hand in a command to stop, lol.