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Oh, I can do it, I'm fit and well coordinated. I just don't find it an enjoyable thing to do, not even in private without an audience. I've done unstructured writhing to disco music, and I once tried this for a few months, but...well, no. These have been the sort of learning experiences where what is learned is "this is something I do not want to do".
Oh, okay. I misunderstood. Thought you meant "dancing was too difficult," not "dancing was not enjoyable."
(I'm still tempted to say, "You could try another kind of dancing! Your experience probably doesn't generalize to other types," but even if that's the case, it might not be worth your time to try.)
Perhaps doing tai chi forms in a group has a similar effect.
Not that I've noticed for myself, but I'm more likely to bond to people if I can get some sort of synchrony in conversation with them.
I think of most 'stretching' exercises done at team sports training in about the same way. From what I understand they are of themselves problem slightly harmful on net but do serve a 'group bonding' role.
Or warmups that drama kids do before plays.
I've done quite a lot of tai chi, although not currently (combination of having taken it as far as I think I'm going to and my teacher having moved abroad), and some yoga. But for me these aren't group activities, they're things I practice for personal development, and went to classes for because that's where teaching happens. What I currently do in a class is Japanese drumming, but again, that's for the drumming, not the social bonding.