Without knowing about your interest and the kind of people you want to meet it's hard to give targeted advice.
It also depends a lot on local customs. One meditation has a culture where the people who attend the event bond together, others don't.
As far as dancing goes, the default interaction is physical. If you want to make friends you also have to talk. If talking comes hard to you then dancing won't produce strong friendships.
If your goal is to build a social circle it's also vital to attend events together with other people. Constantly going alone to events doesn't fit that purpose.
Good points. I was intentionally keeping things general (and thus vague) for a few reasons. To be more specific, I'm looking for people who are similar to myself. The main restriction here is that I'm looking to meet reasonably smart people, which I think is a prerequisite to knowing me better. (I could be much more specific if you'd like to help me out more, but I'd prefer to take that to a private message.)
I'm curious about your thoughts on attending events with other people. Why would this help?
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