I would love to try and dance to "Take 5", but I suppose I am beyond hope. I went to see Handel's Messiah tonight, and, at times, I had my eyes shut choreographing some of that with MJ moves.Originally Posted by RogerR
I totally agree with Andy's first post and also DavidB's response. I personally find it very important that people dance to music but also recognise that for the majority fun is more important. Having said that, I can't enjoy myself if I am to run through moves without caring for the music but that is beside the point.
As David said, it is something that should be emphasised in advanced classes and workshops. In fact, there shouldn't be a single dancer around calling themselves 'advanced' and not be able to interpret music. Dancing is interpreting music and if I want to be advanced at it I have to be able to read music and transform it into motion. Otherwise you may well do gymnastics.
The difficulty with teaching it is, however, that you will need to play music that has got a lot of character. In many cases music used for teaching is simple to allow students to concentrate on the moves you teach. So the game has to either raised or changed
I would love to try and dance to "Take 5", but I suppose I am beyond hope. I went to see Handel's Messiah tonight, and, at times, I had my eyes shut choreographing some of that with MJ moves.Originally Posted by RogerR
Originally Posted by Andreas
I find myself getting frustrated because my favourite, slowish, bluesy tracks are often played during the lesson, as that means that they won't be played during the freestyle later and I will have to dance to lots of thump, thump, thump pop.The difficulty with teaching it is, however, that you will need to play music that has got a lot of character. In many cases music used for teaching is simple to allow students to concentrate on the moves you teach. So the game has to either raised or changed
It's a tough one this. As a newby teacher, i'd have to agree with this. I 'think' i know what musicality is but how do you teach it. (sorry by the way if this has already been covered, but i've not read all the thread ).Originally Posted by ChrisA
I think, like most things to do with dancing that it's a very personal thing, and open to an individual's interpretation. As a teacher, it's my opinion, that the moves i teach are the framework and the personality you put on the move is determined by your environment, as in, the music. To me musicality is possibly more about dancing appropriately in the environment (music!) you're in, than anything else, but is this right or wrong....i dinnae nae. One thing i don't think musicality is, is hitting break after break after break...that's just counting....isn't it?
JB x x
Well, I think it's right. But saying that doesn't help anyone learn to do it. If you don't find it so easy that it appears to come naturally (and I don't, so I know ), then this definition does nothing to make musical dancing any more accessible.Originally Posted by Jive Brummie
I think it needs a teacher that can give you an understanding of the structure of the music, or at least of how to search for the structure yourself, and who can give you some ideas about what to actually do with that structure - ideas that you can then build on as you get better.
But like I say, it's hard. No discredit to the teachers that can't, but total respect to those that can.
Ahem. You don't think you're fooling anyone with this do you? I distinctly recall hearing you talking in a clear English accent at Walthamstow the other weekendi dinnae nae
Well it's certainly not all of it. It might be counting to start with, with music where the breaks are regular. But I don't count any more, mostly I can hear it coming.One thing i don't think musicality is, is hitting break after break after break...that's just counting....isn't it?
And even if you're counting, that doesn't make it all that easy to actually do something cool in the break.
Chris
Originally Posted by ChrisA
Hey, i've had my passport stamped and everything...
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