Luis A. and ALDC, thank you for the explanation and the clarification. I don't mean to be stubborn but am really trying to understand the differences. This is definitely NOT the kizomba we are being taught...which is fine...except that our instructors, including those coming over from Europe, never take the time to distinguish between the two so at times I've a bit of a hard time differentiating between semba music vs. old kizomba music. Dance-wise I think it is a little easier to differentiate. I agree that he/they dance this very very nicely and elegantly. Makes it look cool despite the bored look on his face. :) Sadly, Luis A. you're right...we do tend to throw in too many grindings and footwork flashiness...and tarraxhinha...which the girls love! Go figure. As for being able to dance WITH the music, musicality, I think one can do that to either current kizomba, neo kizomba, European kizomba, French kizomba, or whatever other term of kizomba one wants to throw in. Musicality is musicality, hips, foot work or grindage. Again, you two, thank you! One last thing, would you happen to know the name and artist of this song? Please.
Check out Eddy Vents on facebook.... he has an amazing amount of information. You will soon see even what you may call "old kizomba" is not "old kizomba," it's simply kizomba, period.
To me this is semba, not kizomba. But it may be old school kizomba. I don't truly know. I know the music is old, old school style but is it old sema or old kizomba? The dancing itself to me seems like semba. I like it but it's not what we are being taught as far as kizomba goes.
It's traditional Kizomba, not the commercial stuff that throws in tango, zouk, grinding, etc. The style is more simple, yet elegant while retaining a strong connection between partners and the music (as you'll notice in the video, all the breaks and dynamics in the song are perfectly interpreted by Eddy and his partner, rather than throwing in flash for the sake of "making it cool-looking").
Hum Rod it's not semba, it's kizomba, real kizomba, current, not old as this is how people dance in Angola, Guiné, São Tomé, Mozambique, Cabo Verde and their diaspora. For semba there would be more patterns where the distance between the partners is slightly bigger (more open). But many Angolans consider social semba and kizomba the same. The music is also not old, but simply african as opposed to an R&B remix or ghetto zouk.
It is because you, like a great many, are being taught wrong. If you ever get a chance to discuss Kizomba with Eddy or Riquita at a workshop, your eyes will be opened.
This is real KIZOMBA!!
Excellent instructors! Love them!
Luis A. and ALDC, thank you for the explanation and the clarification. I don't mean to be stubborn but am really trying to understand the differences. This is definitely NOT the kizomba we are being taught...which is fine...except that our instructors, including those coming over from Europe, never take the time to distinguish between the two so at times I've a bit of a hard time differentiating between semba music vs. old kizomba music. Dance-wise I think it is a little easier to differentiate.
I agree that he/they dance this very very nicely and elegantly. Makes it look cool despite the bored look on his face. :) Sadly, Luis A. you're right...we do tend to throw in too many grindings and footwork flashiness...and tarraxhinha...which the girls love! Go figure.
As for being able to dance WITH the music, musicality, I think one can do that to either current kizomba, neo kizomba, European kizomba, French kizomba, or whatever other term of kizomba one wants to throw in. Musicality is musicality, hips, foot work or grindage.
Again, you two, thank you! One last thing, would you happen to know the name and artist of this song? Please.
Check out Eddy Vents on facebook.... he has an amazing amount of information. You will soon see even what you may call "old kizomba" is not "old kizomba," it's simply kizomba, period.
song???
Julia by Calo Pascoal
thanks Oscar
To me this is semba, not kizomba. But it may be old school kizomba. I don't truly know. I know the music is old, old school style but is it old sema or old kizomba? The dancing itself to me seems like semba. I like it but it's not what we are being taught as far as kizomba goes.
It's traditional Kizomba, not the commercial stuff that throws in tango, zouk, grinding, etc. The style is more simple, yet elegant while retaining a strong connection between partners and the music (as you'll notice in the video, all the breaks and dynamics in the song are perfectly interpreted by Eddy and his partner, rather than throwing in flash for the sake of "making it cool-looking").
Hum Rod it's not semba, it's kizomba, real kizomba, current, not old as this is how people dance in Angola, Guiné, São Tomé, Mozambique, Cabo Verde and their diaspora. For semba there would be more patterns where the distance between the partners is slightly bigger (more open). But many Angolans consider social semba and kizomba the same. The music is also not old, but simply african as opposed to an R&B remix or ghetto zouk.
It is because you, like a great many, are being taught wrong. If you ever get a chance to discuss Kizomba with Eddy or Riquita at a workshop, your eyes will be opened.