![]() ![]() ![]() Wiśniewski picked up Elise and twirled her around as everyone applauded. The couple returned to the center of the dance floor and captured everyone’s gazes with rapid footwork and swooping dips. “They have more energy than young people do,” said Wiśniewski. “We had friends come who got scared away from it, but I totally appreciate every generation.” Radek Wiśniewski, from Poland, stood against a wall by the bar with his burly arms embracing Dishan Elise, a New York City native. Radek Wiśniewski and Dishan Elise enjoy Sock Hop Sunday in New York. The two ladies danced while their other friends sat and documented everything on their phones. “It’s respectful and sensual at the same time.” said Bee. “We feel young!” said Gabriele, who danced with DJ Odysseus Bailer while he took a break from switching tracks. Aurélie Gabriele, 31, has lived in New York City for two years and Priscilla Bee, 29, for six years, but neither had heard of Sock Hop Sundays until Gabriele’s coworker told her about it. Later into the night, two French women and their friends sat at a table in a dark corner. “This is probably the place to go where she can do that.” What did her husband have to say? “As long as she feels safe and comfortable with it,” said Nate Lueck. So if I can make someone happy, I’ll do it! If his wife thinks it’s OK.” “I even told Nate, ‘You know, it’ll be fun if someone asks me to dance,’ because it’s probably going to be an older guy and he’s just there to when he danced to this in high school. “If a guy asks you to dance it’s for completely usually fun, innocent reasons,” she said. ![]() She had trouble finding any when she moved to New York but finally discovered Sock Hop Sundays on Google. Kristen is from Austin, Texas, where she says sock hops are common. “If people start hearing about this, I bet the younger crowd will start coming out,” she said. Kristen Lueck and her husband, Nate, were the first 30-year-olds to show up and came to scope out the scene for their friends in Queens. The dance, promises Silvey, welcomes “all ages, all colors, all sizes and all levels of dancing ability.” One couple in their 60s had pristine, elegant form while another pair in their 50s was loose and playful. – the ones who take lessons and follow dances around the country. Saxophone blared from the sound system in Dion’s “The Wanderer” and The Coaster’s “Sh-Boom.” The dedicated dancers arrived before 8 p.m. “ needed an outlet to be heard and danced to.”įebruary’s dance fell on Valentine’s Day, proving to be a lively date destination for old and young couples alike. “There was nowhere to go to hear ’50s and ’60s music in the city,” he said. Now 150 to 175 a month jaunt to what’s billed as “NYC’s only monthly ‘50s/’60s dance party” at the Iguana New York, about four blocks from Columbus Circle. As a 22-year-old watching from my chair, I was hesitant to join in when I barely know how to “pop-lock-and-drop-it.”Įric Silvey, the founder of Sock Hop Sundays, said only about 50 people showed up at the first event in March 2003. They spin, ball-change and dip all night with more energy than Red Bull could bottle up and distribute in a week. They remember all the moves – the twist, the Lindy hop, the jitterbug, the Mashed Potato. Older generations truly know how to dance. ![]()
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