This deserves ❤❤❤ in addition to the thumbs-up. It aligns with something a friend told me when I complimented his improved social dancing. He said he practiced a lot of solo dancing with a focus on expressing the music.
Thanks for the love! It seems so obvious, but it's easy to get lost copying the pictures others are creating instead of tapping into what your experiencing personally. It's also easy to get consumed by the basics and forget that all that structure is there to contain and channel expression, not to suppress it. - Dax
It's been a long time since I have seen such a concise and clear introduction into musicality, at least available free for all. You put into words what only quite experienced dancers or watchers of the dance could see. So just listening to you two and seeing the short examples tickles my imagination and may hopefully expand the minds of all people watching and make them experiment and joyfully dance - away from concepts like counting phrases and calling that musicality ;) Bless you!
haha, that a great observation! It makes you wonder what is going on in a partner dance class that would make talking about musicality as a separate topic actually necessary! But when you say "what else?", it's a fun question to think about! What's the point of dancing? I think the answer is quite personal at the end of the day. In all my years teaching, when I've gotten the opportunity to ask people "why did you start dancing?" I've heard a variety of responses. Some dance to meet people, some dance for exercise, some to experience the physical connection of partnering, and of course, some dance to express the way music makes them feel. When I started dancing, I had so little understanding of music, it was embarrassing. If I was told "just feel the music, and move!" I would have just shut down. It sounds like, even as a beginner, you have a great connection to music which is amazing gift. You'll advance quickly for sure. :) - Dax
This deserves ❤❤❤ in addition to the thumbs-up. It aligns with something a friend told me when I complimented his improved social dancing. He said he practiced a lot of solo dancing with a focus on expressing the music.
Thanks for the love! It seems so obvious, but it's easy to get lost copying the pictures others are creating instead of tapping into what your experiencing personally. It's also easy to get consumed by the basics and forget that all that structure is there to contain and channel expression, not to suppress it. - Dax
It's been a long time since I have seen such a concise and clear introduction into musicality, at least available free for all. You put into words what only quite experienced dancers or watchers of the dance could see. So just listening to you two and seeing the short examples tickles my imagination and may hopefully expand the minds of all people watching and make them experiment and joyfully dance - away from concepts like counting phrases and calling that musicality ;) Bless you!
Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate it. - Dax 😊
Reflecting the melody while dacing alone is difficult but doing it while dancing with a partner is on a whole another level.
What exactly are you struggling with the most, when it comes to reflecting the melody during partner, dancing, compared to solo?
Great lesson! Already shared it with my friends
@@huonglarne thank you! 🙏 - Dax
Real good.
@@theplinkerslodge6361 Thank you! What was the most memorable but got you?
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I am a beginner but still i am surprised that this is thought seperately - isn't that the point of dancing to dance the music - i mean what else ?
haha, that a great observation! It makes you wonder what is going on in a partner dance class that would make talking about musicality as a separate topic actually necessary! But when you say "what else?", it's a fun question to think about! What's the point of dancing? I think the answer is quite personal at the end of the day. In all my years teaching, when I've gotten the opportunity to ask people "why did you start dancing?" I've heard a variety of responses. Some dance to meet people, some dance for exercise, some to experience the physical connection of partnering, and of course, some dance to express the way music makes them feel.
When I started dancing, I had so little understanding of music, it was embarrassing. If I was told "just feel the music, and move!" I would have just shut down. It sounds like, even as a beginner, you have a great connection to music which is amazing gift. You'll advance quickly for sure. :) - Dax