A few of my friends and I agreed to meet up in the city for Union Square's second "Silent Rave." It was first held this past April and now on August 17th 2008. What's a silent rave you ask? WELL, in short, it's a statement on how we should rid society of certain standards; if you want to dance in public, do it.
At 5:28pm participants were instructed to begin dancing to the music on their iPods. People danced the way you'd expect them to when they're all alone. Hundreds surrounded you all in consumed by their music playing, everyone in a different world. Whenever a song ended you were immediately struck at how oddly quiet it was. Many strangers approached us asking what was going on; the best response being, "we just wanted to dance." We danced alone and together. We had to take a break and grab a quick dinner before going back and dancing some more. We left early, around 9:45pm. I'm sure the dancing continued past midnight, but with a small croud (many had work the next morning).
To read more about the Silent Rave:
ABC News Story
Facebook Event
Facebook Group
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