Very true words, *every* dance is a learning experiance whether you learn a bit more about leading/following in general or just about a particular person and *their* style and how to adapt to it.
It's also an opportunity to learn a bit more of a particular track.
I finally hit a perfect break/slide to "Mercy" last night which was due in no small way to the interaction of the lady I was dancing with, mucho thanks!
A.
When dancing with someone new it'a a matter of assessment and education, assessing what leads should work, (e.g. can I be confident that their weight will be on the foot I expect it to be for a certain move?) And educating the follower as to my style of dancing. (e.g. "spotlighting" may be new to this follower, but if I lead moves where this comes across, if the follower catches on then there is a load of stuff that can result.)
When dancing with familiar partners, it is more a case of "what can I remember to push the boundaries." Inevitably this is what is going to challenge me most, and extend my dancing.
Greg
I've had quite a few frustratingly ordinary dances to Mercy. Then last week, as the first few bars came through the speakers, I plucked up the courage to grab a passing teacher. Ooo, fabulous. He certainly did the track justice. Made my night.
Daisy
(A Released Little Flower)
Last edited by ChrisB; 26th-March-2008 at 02:04 PM.
Yes, I believe so though I think it no less valid as musicality because of it. the track in question - Mercy - I had never heard before until a recent WCS class freestyle night (I obviously listen to the wrong radio stations!) My partner - who has a great musical awareness - was singing along and clearly knew it well and hit the breaks and accents and whilst I responded to allow space in the lead for her to do this I didn't contribute much myself as I couldn't predict the accents. Subsequently I heard it at Utopia and was able to dance to it much better (IMO). Breaks in a previously-unheard piece of music can be predicted (or falsely predicted on some embarassing occasions ) but musical accents are much harder to guess at without prior knowledge of the track.
with my memory?!?!
I'm hoping that it's "musicality"...... but it could be some weird form of 'musical memory' - oooh, this sounds a bit like X! wasn't there a chorus just after that twiddly bit? There's another track that builds up like this, then it goes silent about... now! The piano seems to float in and out of this track, getting louder just before a dramatic bit...the chorus has "sunrise" in it, I wonder if I can coincide a big arm sweep with that next time it comes round?...
... hmmm... ... isn't that musicality? Do you need understanding to have musicality? I seldom understand what I do - I just do it.
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