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Musicality means making the dance fit the music. The goal is relating the dance to the music, to its rhythm, melody, mood. A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance (from Old French dance, further history unknown) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression (see also body language) or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ...
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Rhythm (Greek Ïυθμός = tempo) is the variation of the duration of sounds or other events over time. ...
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For example, dancers usually step when musicians play notes or rhythm and hold when musicians hold (play rests). Or, dancers move more exaggerately when the music goes louder, and more simply when the music goes quiet. In a song with many instruments, dancers may chose to respond to any one of them, or any group of them.
Improvization
Improvization is easier in open position (where the dance partners are connected by only one hand or occasionally without any physical connection), because each dancer can do his or her own thing. Improvization is more difficult in closed position (where the dance partners are connected and close together).
This is like jazz improvization. In the moment.
Choreography Choreographers have time to plan their dance, but the issues remain the same. They strive to make the dance fit the music, even if there is no improvization.
Notes Tempo: Slower music gives dancers more time to play, more time for style and variations. Faster music forces dancers to be more creative in their application of style, or possibly use simpler variations depending on the skill of the dancer.
Follow: Follow may mirror the lead with her arm, feet, and head styling, or she may do the opposite of the lead, or she can do something independent of the lead.
Footwork: For advanced dancers, footwork is largely independent of body work. Except for needing to move, which foot moves is unimportant. Advanced dancers can do any kind of footwork. The footwork is open to any interpretation.
Song Structure: Certain types of music have a regular structure, which an experienced dancer can frame his or her moves around. For example, the chorus in some swing music consists of 32 bars, which follows an AABA structure, where each letter consists of four 8-count sections and the B letter has a different melody. The fourth 8-count section of each letter is often an ideal time to execute a break. Other songs have six 8-count sections followed by a chorus of four 8-count sections. "In The Mood" from Glenn Miller is a good example of this type of structure. In musical notation, a bar or measure is a segment of time defined as a given number of beats of a given duration. ...
Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American jazz musician and band leader in the Swing era. ...
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