what a great thing to say... a playground. freeing the inner child. :-) i love that visual! i just wish there were playground like exercises for feellng the music. i've done some but i'm not satisfied. what can i say. i want more. homer and cristina do a great job around playfulness in some of their exercises.
great feedback everyone! thank you. jackie On Mar 18, 2008, at 12:03 PM, 'Mash wrote: On 2008-03-18 08:52-0400, jackie ling wong wrote: > as most people on this list know, i lead and i follow. i have been > told that one of my best qualities as a dancer is my ability to > express myself musically. to quote someone... "you dance the music". > this is not through only embellishments. > > now, i have led many followers... and there are followers who just > follow which is nice and then there are followers who dance with > you.... who dance melodically... and hear the notes that are > emphasized and can translate that to their dance. it feels like they > are reading my mind because my expression in the dance becomes so > easy. her/his boleo considers not only the time of the movement but > the energy, how the beat is used (emphasized at the beg. of the > beat...etc)... it feels like painting. > > i probably am not expressing this correctly and please don't give me > grief for that. in fact, if someone can express it better, i would > love to hear it. > > my question... how do you teach this? is there an exercise that can > help people understand what i am saying? > > thanks > jackie I think you teach them the same way you would teach somone to smile. My point being I don't think you can teach it, rather you provide a confident platform of skills which gives the student freedom and opportunity; and then by having the right atmosphere you bring it (musicality,playfulness,creativity,improvisation) out in your students. I would put money this; that teachers who's classes are relaxed and friendly bring out more musicality in their students. If you are in a playground you play. 'Mash London,UK _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
