Comments on: What does it mean to dance with ‘good musicality’?

By: tango padawan

tango padawan — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:38:02 +0000

I’m curious to know what is someone that dances above the music!

By: Simba

Simba — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:29:09 +0000

What makes you think that, JC? I think you are setting up a false dichotomy with your play with prepositions. As I see it, rhythm is an important part of music(ality).

By: JC

JC — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:43:01 +0000

I think that you're confusing musicality with rhythm. A dancer with rhythm is on the music, a dancer with musicality is in the music.

By: Chris, UK

Chris, UK — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:43:59 +0000

“I tried to classify them within the usual trichotomy of beginner/intermediate/advanced”

I don’t think such a classification usual for anyone except classeros. In the real world, it is meaningless.

By: Manuel

Manuel — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:53:51 +0000

I think this classification is really fair. Happily, there is nothing more fun than playing together with rhythm. I wrote some maybe odd thoughts on rhythm and síncopa (syncope) on my website . Hope you like it. Please feel free to comment and to criticize.

By: Mickey Mousing | Simba tango

Mickey Mousing | Simba tango — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:49:11 +0000

[...] indeed. While I do find for instance Chicho’s dance extremely musical at its best, there are so many aspects of music and musicality, that going mainly for the Mickey Mousing is somehow one-dimentional, and when other people try to [...]

By: Simba

Simba — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:20:03 +0000

Very big indeed… Here I was trying to span some of the richness in musical interpretation. Each bullet point is really a topic in itself, and cadencia is certainly quite a topic in its own right. Glad it could be of help. Thanks for your comment.

By: Golondrina

Golondrina — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:39:13 +0000

I was intrigued by your title – its a pretty big topic!

Thanks for the info on cadencia -I’ve been trying to discover its meaning for a while.

By: Simba

Simba — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:25:29 +0000

@Karin: Thanks, I first thought maintaining connection throughout the pauses was more of a technique/connection thing, but when I think about it I think you are quite right. Dancing the pauses (not merely make pauses) is very important and quite typical of tango, so I will add it to my list. I think it would qualify as intermediate. Yes, dancing the pauses... @El Chupacabra: Cadencia is the soft up and down movements (and maybe others as well) that the couple makes over a number of steps. Usually more connected to the melody/phrasing than with the rhythm. I wrote a post about cadencia a while ago. Without cadencia, the dancing will feel and look 'flat', while cadencia adds life and character.

By: El Chupacabra

El Chupacabra — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:49:44 +0000

Whatis Cadencia for dancers?