The Slowdance is nearing extinction. We must act with urgency! Here is our call to arms to nurture and revive that classic courting ritual. The contemporary dance and music world have turned their back on this mystical, awkward but pragmatic way to encounter the “object of your desire”! How many of our parents met on a dancefloor? How many movies share this nostalgia? These days we are “too cool for school”, our gaze fixed downwards on clever phones and screens missing the human life in our proximity.