Re: [Tango-L] Fw: Better? Worse? Just different
Jan Bares wrote: ... During my classical ballet classes, I found an information about the research documenting that physical expression needs to be taught separately from the musicality... In classes we have organized with Luciana Valle, she defines musicality as taking in what the music gives you and separately defines expression as how you manifest your expressive response to the music/your partner/your own emotional state. Her class structure and exercises explore and train these concepts separately, only combining them at the end. All the best, Brian Dunn Dance of the Heart Boulder, Colorado USA www.dancefotheheart.com Building a Better World, One Tango at a Time ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
[Tango-L] Fw: Better? Worse? Just different
I see things differently. Technique and musicality are two important ingredients to dancing tango. You can't learn both simultaneously. My private lessons dealt with technique followed months later with musicality. If you can't lead a figure without the music, you can't lead it with the music. I really don't understand why music is used in workshops when participants are trying to figure out how to execute the figure. Dancers learn at their own speed, and it's usually slower than the music. Playing music only leads to frustration. It's difficult to have a line of dance in a workshop when people stop in the line to figure out why something isn't working. Michael I danced Argentine Tango --with the Argentines Moving to New York City hbboog...@aol.com wrote: “The Music” first you need to learn the music second is “The Heart” you need to feel the music in your heart only then can you dance Tango * Tango is first and last a very special form of music. Argentina is a culture of warm feelings. So much more open and expressive than Anglo-American culture. To focus on the dance and the steps is to get it entirely wrong. Beginners should be told to listen to the music and helped to understand the music and should be given to understand that their dancing can only develop as their understanding and appreciation of the music grows. I must confess I am pessimistic. Jonathan Thornton ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
Re: [Tango-L] Fw: Better? Worse? Just different
Excellent point Michael. During my classical ballet classes, I found an information about the research documenting that physical expression needs to be taught separately from the musicality. Later on in my tango, a prominent teacher who had tango music playing in the class while teaching a particular figure went around telling the students: “Don’t listen to the music, the music will rush you and you won’t get it right”. Jan --- On Sun, 4/24/11, Michael tangoman...@cavtel.net wrote: From: Michael tangoman...@cavtel.net Subject: [Tango-L] Fw: Better? Worse? Just different To: Tango L Tango-L@mit.edu Date: Sunday, April 24, 2011, 8:22 PM I see things differently. Technique and musicality are two important ingredients to dancing tango. You can't learn both simultaneously. My private lessons dealt with technique followed months later with musicality. If you can't lead a figure without the music, you can't lead it with the music. I really don't understand why music is used in workshops when participants are trying to figure out how to execute the figure. Dancers learn at their own speed, and it's usually slower than the music. Playing music only leads to frustration. It's difficult to have a line of dance in a workshop when people stop in the line to figure out why something isn't working. Michael I danced Argentine Tango --with the Argentines Moving to New York City hbboog...@aol.com wrote: “The Music” first you need to learn the music second is “The Heart” you need to feel the music in your heart only then can you dance Tango * Tango is first and last a very special form of music. Argentina is a culture of warm feelings. So much more open and expressive than Anglo-American culture. To focus on the dance and the steps is to get it entirely wrong. Beginners should be told to listen to the music and helped to understand the music and should be given to understand that their dancing can only develop as their understanding and appreciation of the music grows. I must confess I am pessimistic. Jonathan Thornton ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
