it showed an utter disdain for the conventions of such an event that they would not toe the line like the others they proffered none of the standard shoulder-dipping sidestepped shuffles nor the exuberant failing of arms that have come to be expected of "good" dancers those overused staples that accompany such predictable song choices outdated and enjoyed only ironically this dance could not faithfully manifest their truth
they danced not for that unnoticed peripheral audience but solely to tell a story to one another instead they chased cavorted and capered with piggybacks and fireman's lifts arms-spread spinning they became fireworks their bodies exploding apart pulled together breathlessly slipping and stumbling without a care leaping shoelessly from place to place from song to song ending always in each other's arms