Thursday, May 7, 2009

~DANCING = connecting and trust~

I am reading some books about dancing. What greatly surprises me is that they practically do not talk about music and pleasure. While I consider music and pleasure most important. I believe for all Tango dancers it is quite obvious. I would go even further: they define what dance is:
  • Dancing is the music played with the body.
  • Dancing is done for pleasure of the dancer.

As for me visual effects of dancing is secondary. Movement to the beat expressed in sounds has the magical effect on us: we come to the euphoria, trance. Dancing in a group we experience the powerful drive to unity.

Music was born out of dancing. Music is incorporated in us, since so many processes in and activities of the body are rhythmical. Musicians dance playing instruments. Dancers play the instruments of their own body orchestra.

Yes, that is what I mean by "music played with body". In the direct sense. Your muscles become strings, your bones become drum sticks, your lungs become resonators. No. More. Each pair of muscles and bones curries an oscillating tone. Your body is a whole orchestra! And your spirit is your composer, conductor, and choreographer.

Talking about dancing make me think about gym days where all we did was dance,dance and dance after school. It has been my routine for the pass years back in school days.A group of girls pack their bags for gym class,stretch,dance and go back home.Some of the days going for training was fun but some of the days i just feel like skipping class.(I guess that's normal)

Complicated choreography, with steps often set counter to the beat of the music in unpredictable patterns.How complicated can it be if we not only need to be dancing with a hard choreography but something on our hands.Check out this clip and compare with the second.

Human made music and our body sways with it.Feel the rythme and let is dance in you.






2 comments:

Joy said...

i lob that final dance in center stage!

love said...

same here...its 1 of my fav..