Resonant Head is a small (250+ capacity) music live house/event venue at South OKC (400 SW 25th st).
The venue is well-booked for concerts. It seems they have concerts coming almost every (or every other) night.
A Latin (Salsa/Bachata/Kizomba) party was held there on 5/11/2024. I was curious about the place (never been there), so I went.
There was an elevated stage area, a "mosh pit" floor area where people can dance, a Bar, a DJ booth, and a recessed seating area.
Not too big, but a neat, nice venue.
[The "Resonant Head" venue. Photos are from their website]
The DJ was Angel from Adelante, and the people seemed to be the same people coming to Adelante party (OU students and former students, I'd say). There were 50-70 people dancing, I think.
The dance was fun. Most people there got basics for Latin social. The "mosh pit" had a good hardwood floor to dance.
I tried out the stage area to dance as well. The stage floor might be of a painted concrete (?) and was a little sticky, but fair for dancers. Glad I brought my shoes with leather sole, instead of suede sole.
About 10 days ago I went to Groovy's, a night club, with my friends' invitation. The place was like Disco of sort, people dance solo to 80's-2000's songs (Vanilla Ice and Shakira, anyone?). Not much of dance skills are required, to be honest. But certainly a fun place.
Latin parties are for partner dances, but for "fun" social dance. Mostly for dancers wanting to have fun for themselves.
They are mostly beginner-intermediates. Yet, it is fun and amusing to meet someone "energy flow-sensitive".
Community dances infused with contest or show culture would be more technical (something like West Coast Swing, Argentine Tango, or Ballroom).
For these technical dances, dancers' mindsets start to differentiate. Social dancers dancing for fun, or entertainer-dancers who aim at appealing dance (e.g., appealing to judges for contest, appealing to audience for dance as a sport or an art).
There was a recent occasion that made me think about the mindsets. I'd write about it later.
