ecember or as the cool kids call it: Decemberistan, is upon us. It is the phenom, the FOMO (fear of missing out) time, and yes, to a degree it is true. The weather is beautiful. You don’t rely on your air conditioners and sit in horror as the electricity bill arrives.

It is the time when relatives visit and (depending on whether they ask you about your marital status or other inappropriate subjects) are welcomed with open arms. It is also a time to DANCE. But if you are looking at a popular Bollywood song, stop. It, as Atif Aslam once confessed when he was working with Tiger Shroff for a music video, requires hours and hours of dancing for a month, maybe even two. And unless you have a foot in the film industry, who has the time? Even we haven’t gotten it right in post-revival cinema except a song here or there. Those hours of practicing are unrealistic unless you’re Beyonce or Taylor Swift or Ranbir Kapoor.

So, assuming you do take out the time, in Decemberistan, to dance like there’s no tomorrow, looking at Pakistani cinema and Hindi cinema, feels like an outdated idea. It is also an unrealistic effort. When you go to a wedding (and its many events), the mehendi is the ultimate battle course for which the groom and the bride’s side will practice and bring it to the dancefloor like the winner will get some kind of prize. The prize is winning. It is rather funny in some ways. Or a matter of pride, depending on your thought-process.

So, if you are in the mood to bring it to the dancefloor, here are some choices that will stun everyone and will probably be the moment of glory for you.

QuickStyle

This dance troupe is so good that it makes even a person who think they can dance like a character from Friends (see TV show from the nineties) and that is a funny sight, but most certainly not one that will win you any point, anywhere.

While QuickStyle is a globe-trotting group at this point, their dance videos of ‘Kana Yaari’ from Coke Studio 14 ft. a trio of exciting artists like Eva B, Kaifi Khalil, and Wahab Bugti, is brilliant. It is rooted in culture and it is rooted in the future.

If you want to flex whatever it is that people flex, QuickStyle’s dance video of ‘Peechay Hutt’ by Hasan Raheem, Justin Bibis, and Talal Qureshi, also from Coke Studio 14, is a great choice. It has a desi vibe but it is also very much about how you can move on any dancefloor and not conjure a scene from Friends in the minds of those who are watching or in your own.

Sparks x Cate Blanchett

Okay, so you might not be in possession of a yellow suit but if you really want to go into the realm of dance and look as if you don’t care about what the world is thinking, watch Cate Blanchett in Sparks’ music video of ‘The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte’. If you watch it from start to finish, it will make you laugh and copy the actor and you can’t, and that will allow room to do your own thing. In the Sparks video, it looks like – at one point – that Blanchett is waiting for a spaceship or something from above the sky and it looks bloody brilliant. Who doesn’t want to laugh and dance? To make it your goal for dancing is a far better idea than yet another Bollywood song from yet another Bollywood film? Defy expectations and this is the kind of choreography that is not about gender. Anyone can attempt it and if you get it right, you’ve got a dance gene that was dormant all this time.

Handsome Dancer

Bring tomfoolery to the dance floor – whether it is a concert or a mehendi dance night – with Handsome Dancer’s ‘Coincidance’. It isn’t like watching Hrithik Roshan bring his moves to an award show and gawk. The actor was told that if he doesn’t stop dancing (post-knee surgery), he might lose the ability to walk. But every time Hrithik Roshan dances, it is a moment to gawk.

Coming back to Handsome Dancer’s ‘Coincidance’, it is a hilarious music video ft. an awkward bunch of people dancing but it’s got that zing factor. Watch your nephew pick up the moves faster than you can and it will turn into a delightful memory. The song makes little sense and everyone who can move their shoulder blade in a certain way is basically a winner. It is that simple. It is not about two left feet or the nonsense that some have gone through because a close friend or family member is getting married. Or, the fear that you are being watched if you do go to a concert and you just can’t dance. Just get the shoulder blade move right and look like a champion (even though you know you’re not) but who needs to know that in the universe of Decemberistan?