Description
This article is from the Dance FAQ, by
eijkhout@jacobi.math.ucla.edu (Victor Eijkhout) with numerous
contributions by others.
3.1 What other dance-related newsgroups exist?
Newsgroups are in several hierarchies. The big eight are the groups
that start with comp, news, misc, rec, talk, sci, soc, humanities.
These can be assumed to be on any system that receives news, and for
such a group to be created involves a voting process that gives it some
legitimacy. Groups starting with alt, on the other hand, can be created
(or deleted) on a whim. Hence your system may not carry all of them.
(The story is actually a bit more complicated. Read various files on
news.newusers.questions , and alt.config .) Even groups in the rec
hierarchy need not be on all systems, since some sysadmins frown upon
such frivolous topics.
Henry Neeman's hotlist has a section with dance-related newsgroups:
http://zeus.ncsa.uiuc.edu:8080/~hneeman/dance_hotlist.html#newsgroups
.
**rec.folk-dancing**
Any discussion of folk dancing. Areas of dance would include, but not
be limited to: international, contra, square, western square, morris,
cajun, and barn dancing, etc.
**rec.music.country.western**
More of a music forum than a dancing forum. However, people do post
line dances there.
**rec.music.ragtime**
Another music forum, but the charter allows for dances that go with
ragtime music, such as vintage dances.
**alt.arts.ballet**
An offshoot of rec.arts.dance. The ballet and jazz folks wanted to
weed out the ballroom discussion and went on to form alt.arts.ballet.
Some people don't have access to the alt hierarchy so there still is
residual ballet discussion in rec.arts.dance.
**alt.music.dance**
This is not about dancing but about what's called Dance Music,
nowadays. Techno pop and all that. A lot of it actually makes for
solid, if rather peppy, hustle music.
**alt.music.makers.dj**
Should be clear what it is about. Not exactly about dancing, but I'm
listing it, since it may be of interest to some dancers.
**alt.music.polka**
Not widely spread. The discussion is mostly about polka music (in
particular recordings) and musicians, but polka dancing is discussed
occasionally.
Continue to:
Share and Enjoy
Bookmark this story so others can enjoy it:
Tags
sport, dance, supplies, wear, shoes, dancewear, Ballroom, Latin, Nightclub, Country, Western, Social, Competitive, Foxtrot, Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Quickstep, Cha-Cha, Rumba, Jive, East Coast Swing, Samba, Mambo, Salsa, West Coast Swing, Hustle, Two-Step, Merengue, Paso Doble, Bolero, Polka, Jazz, Ballet, Folk Dancing
