[Tango-L] Musicality. What is it?

[musette fan]

I agree, I would much rather dance with a man who knows a song by heart!  Because he
has internalized the music, not only is he freer to actually dance and spontaneously
express himself with more variety, depth of feeling and sensuality, but he is also
freer and better prepared to pay some quality attention to his partner!   

For me, there is no question that getting to know a piece of music really, really
well, for dancing, listening, or playing, tango or any other style, is far more
interesting and pleasurable and not at all limiting musically.  On the contrary, it
seems like it provides a solid foundation from which to soar.


Terri



--- desdelasnubes at web.de wrote:

> 
> > unconscious, straight from the
> > heart without thinking musicality you can dance with if
> > you know the song intimately.
> 
> musicality, straight from the heart, thank you, Huck. As a follower it is
> wonderful to feel the intimacy with the music AND the embrace AND to feel the
> intimacy of the leader with the music.
> 
> Andrew wrote:
> > There is no fun in
> > dancing day in day out to the same music: this
> > eventually leads to choreography, the opposite of
> > tango, which is based on improvisation. Anybody who
> > insists that the dancers dance better if they know the
> > piece of music by heart is talking about ballet, not
> > tango. 
> 
> Knowing the music by heart does not mean you repeat patterns or do a choreography.
> It liberates you, it inspires you, the heart does not follow patterns. The heart
> is intuitive, surprising, unpredictable. The music is never the same when you know
> it by heart.  Perception changes with the environment, the flow of the dancing,
> the lighting and atmosphere of the milonga, with your mood, the way you feel the
> embrace, the way you feel your partner and the way that he feels you and the
> music. And even with the same partner it will always be different because as the
> saying goes: you never jump in the same river, it's all subject to change and free
> floating.
> 
> warm greeting to all of you and thank you for being so passionate about discussing
> musicality ;)
> 
> Anna
> 
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