[surgical_fire]

> I've been dancing - it's a usual thing all humans naturally do when they hear rhythm that resonates with them unless they consciously resist dancing for one reason or another.

When I went to concerts it was heavy metal.

No one was dancing. Unless you consider banging heads a form of dancing. People did sing along though.

Last concerts I went to (respectively 2019 and 2024, I don't go to many concerts nowadays) people mostly behaved as they did in the past. Only a few were filming the concert with their cellphones, but this was definitely the minority.

I don't live in the US. Maybe this is a bit of cultural differences in terms of geography and in terms of demographic for the genre?

[wolvoleo]

> No one was dancing. Unless you consider banging heads a form of dancing

I certainly would. It's just the style of dancing with heavy metal.

[bpavuk]

> When I went to concerts it was heavy metal.

> No one was dancing. Unless you consider banging heads a form of dancing. People did sing along though.

my point is that people were engaging and interacting with and within music, not observing and recording it for the sake of internet points. so, yeah, in this context...

> banging heads

...is definitely a form of "dancing" :D

I mostly went to EDM, raves, and pop concerts. there, dancing is a lot more appropriate and welcome :)

> I don't live in the US. Maybe this is a bit of cultural differences in terms of geography and in terms of demographic for the genre?

me neither, but I observed this in Ukraine and (through friends and acquaintances) Poland, US, and Russia. something definitely shifted