Let the embrace do the talking
By Louis on Mar 3, 2009 in Musicality | 1 Comment
Locally, there seems to be a common misconception among many beginners and some who has been dancing for a number of years that certain types music can only be danced in a particular way. For example, one misconception is that Golden Age classics can only be danced using a close embrace. On the other hand, [...]
By Louis on Mar 12, 2008 in Musicality | 0 Comments
This is a rather long-overdue response to a question posed by Kim Soon here, where it was asked “at which time should the concept of musicality be introduced/emphasised and worked on?” In the following, I will attempt to answer it mainly from the leader’s perspective. Firstly, I have to say that since I generally try [...]
By Louis on Jan 24, 2008 in Musicality | 0 Comments
A few days ago, in my attempt to describe my subjective feeling towards the driving beat of some typical orchestras (for the identification of these orchestras), I came up with the following (in my opinion) simple descriptions. No doubt, the purists may baulk at these over-generalisations, but I like them anyway. Biagi, Roldolfo: head-on collision [...]
By Louis on Jan 9, 2008 in Musicality | 0 Comments
Tango has sometimes been described as a “private conversation between two people”. But if we cut through the proverbial hyperbole, what does it mean exactly? Is it just leading/following: “I speak, you listen?” By the way, from what I can see, even when people may disagree in principle to the last statement, they are ultimately [...]
By Louis on Jan 9, 2008 in Musicality, Videos | 0 Comments
“La Tapera” by Donato orchestra is one of my favourite Vals at the moment, as danced by one of the most musical dancers in the current generation of maestros. The calm seen in the first 40 seconds of the clip and around the 1:10 mark followed by the subsequent “explosion” is simply marvellous!
