On 5/7/2010 5:44 PM, AJ Azure wrote: > Nothing wrong with having reasonable realistic standards. > As for being able to predict the next footstep because you're used to a > pre-recorded piece, you've just mentioned the most boring aspect of dancing. > Predictability. That's a dance routine. Ahh...the pre-recorded music may be the same, but my dance interpretation never is. And thus never boring.
I want to know how each phrase goes, when the next one starts, and plan my choreography on the fly and be ready to change on ANY beat if need be. And I want to know exactly when the song ends for my interpretation. The dance floor dynamic constantly changes - spaces close or open suddenly, new couples enter the floor, someone suddenly takes back steps against the line of dance. I want at least one variable to remain constant on a crowded dance floor. If I am unfamiliar with the music, I have to be much more conservative and just dance on the beat (until I become familiar with the song) and if even that isn't constant - well, its not enjoyable for me. Which of course will transmit to my partner, which I never want to happen. My goal in dancing Tango is not mastery of every possible step combination. But the intimate connection with this great music and with my partner and sharing an amazing magical 3 minutes together. To me, the joy of the Golden Age classics is that they are sufficiently grand to remain fresh and full sounding time after time. Similar to how Michael Jackson or Elvis Presley classics still make me want to jump up and dance. Classics are by nature, timeless and make me want to hit the dance floor every time. El Stevito de Gainesville _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
