If I was feeling generous, though, I could always diffuse the tension at the end of the day by offering that same little dance and declaration.
And in a faithful rendition of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," you heard a dance-floor declaration of independence repurposed into what might well have been a plucky defense of quirky musical proclivities.
In 1819 Carl Maria von Weber's Invitation to the Dance represented the declaration of love of classical music to the waltz.
In a Thursday morning interview with Charlotte radio WFZN-AM, Newton made a stunning declaration about his favorite touchdown dance: "I have to put that aside," he said. .
Everyone hates "networking": forced conversations, insincere declarations of friendship, the awkward dance of trying to accept a business card while cradling a warm glass of white wine and a wilted canapé.
From the first (title) track, which opens with rave-style synths and a brass-lunged declaration that she's going to dance away her heartache, Burke follows a well-travelled road, losing her likable personality en route.
But in that three-beat pulse, it's a dance rather than a declaration of spiritual independence.
The highly complex dance move's triumphant declaration of individual perseverance against the darkness of lameness can be explained by its historical origins.
By no means revolutionary in their content, they were nonetheless a distinct declaration of rationality and common sense in dance, a counterbalance to the artificialities and mannerisms of the aristocratic court dances.
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and other patriots sing, dance -- and sign the Declaration of Independence -- in St .Bart's Players' revival of this 1969 Tony Award-winning musical.
