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Old 7th-September-2006, 03:15 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Re: Dance: Art, Sport or Science ?

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Originally Posted by ducasi View Post
I disagree. Ceroc teaches us moves to music.
Sorry. Disagree. Ceroc(tm) teaches MOVES. It DOES NOT teach musical interpretation, how to use accents, how to chose appropriate moves to appropriate music. At best it may try to show how to dance to the beat, but it often fails. Watch any average Ceroc night and watch the dancers who have only done Ceroc. Want to take a bet as to whether they are dancing to the music or doing moves with music on at the same time? If Ceroc taught dancing then CTA instructors would be taught to be DANCE INSTRUCTORS ... they aren't ... they are taught to teach a series of defined moves (some of which only have 7 beats so how does that fit in with 4 beat music ).

Of course this is not to say that some CTA instructors are not dance instructors through their own experience or perseverance
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