I grew up in a Southern Baptist culture where dancing was frowned on. There was an old adage, Baptists don't smoke,drink, dance or chew or go with girls who do. Back in the olden days (my youth) it was called round dancing (as opposed to square dancing).
Attitudes toward dancing appear to have softened among modern Baptists. I haven't heard a sermon on dancing for decades. And my college alma mater, a conservative Baptist university held its first sanctioned on-campus dance about eight or ten years ago. As a student at this same college 30 years earlier, I watched the girls taking phys ed disguise what was mild modern dance by calling it "rhythmic exercise."
One Baptist pastor told me one time, I can see nothing wrong with two people standing six feet apart shaking.
One of my former pastors noted that dancing is basically a sexual exercise, and thus quite appropriate for married couples. His view was, in the privacy of your home, roll back the rug and let the good times roll.
Some evangelical churches have developed what they call "liturgical dance." It's the biggest nothing I've ever seen. It convey no Biblical message that I can detect, and I can see no way that it promotes worship. It looks like modern dance clothed in a religious context. That's subjective, of course.
The hip-thrusting, pelvis-pushing, purposely erotic stuff I can do without. But I do confess I like to watch tap dancing and the Fred Astaire/Gene Kelly/Cyd Charisse stuff. It was more elegant than erotic.
