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Miguel de Maria
Posts: 3532
Joined: Oct. 20 2003
From: Phoenix, AZ
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RE: wants me to do baile!!! (in reply to henrym3483)
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Yes, no reason to get the panties in a snit. It's just part of the deal. And looking at the pictures Ricardo occasionally posts, it's not a bad life at all...! I remember yesterday, we were practicing this footwork. Basically you stand there with knees slightly bent, and you bring up the foot, and then down...clomp! And then with that clomp you shift your weight and then do the same thing with other...clomp! Those are the ones. The twos are the same but you do two clomps with each foot. The triplets are the same but you do three. Here's the thing..the dancer's trying to explain the rhythm to the class. And the ones are like this (in 4/4)...rest clomp! rest clomp! rest clomp! rest clomp! The twos are rest clomp clomp, rest clomp clomp, rest clomp clomp (eighth note rest, eight note clomp, eighth note clomp, eighth note rest, repeat) The triplets are clomp clomp clomp, clomp clomp clomp (eighth note clomp, eigth note clomp, quarter note clomp, repeat). That probably looks a lot more complicated than it was. But the point was the terminology she used was very different from what a musician would use.
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Date Sep. 14 2006 0:16:17
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Mark2
Posts: 1882
Joined: Jul. 12 2004
From: San Francisco
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RE: wants me to do baile!!! (in reply to henrym3483)
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In my area we have some very good dance teachers-some know cante and one even plays the guitar pretty well. They go to Spain often, and study with the best dancers there, and bring back all the new steps. It's a competitive scene here for these dancers, and a few make their living from teaching and performing. It's also true that many students can only dance the steps they have been taught, and have little knowledge of forms, guitar, cante, etc. But I have to take my hat off to the best of the dance teachers here, because they have a lot of experience, talent, and dedication. I would love to learn to dance, and would be fortunate to have so many able teachers available, but there is only so much time in the day.
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