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Originally posted by Gadget
- What is it that the best instructors recommended for breaks ?
Playing 'statues' and wiggling a bit (Posing)? a dip/drop/lean/seducer? somthing dramatic?
Personally I prefer a flowing style of dance, so I agree with spindr when he winces at the 'statues' idea - I am unsure of the technical 'feel' of how a lady could lead a break; someone will have to show me on Tuesday before I can comment. |
Well Adam was saying that you don't have to be a statue ...and very often a long break can look pretty stupid and gave several excellent examples of different 'breaks' to which we could improvise.
Pausing for a second in an appropriate move can look great and very dramatic but to other breaks or changes just altering the pace and slowing down can be equally effective. But if the music stops even ofr a second it's a bit of a clue that the dancers should as well. The point made at the workshop was that the only time everyone stopped at a break was when the women were leading
I have a to agree that the women can do this better ( on the whole...for reasons explained at the ws) and many men are too busy thinking of the next move ( or sequence) to listen to either the words or the music properly and the dance becomes nothing more than just a number of moves..........yes I know that's what it is anyway but there's no interaction with a partner or the music just moves. And this is understandable when we all start dancing but more experienced men know plenty of moves so could now easily start playing around with the music and the words and dance with their partners.
Anyway, that's what I took from the Sunday workshop. My problem ( amongst others) is I can't always hear the words so can't make any attempt to interpret them. Maybe need to read all the words first :sorry