[Tango-L] Musicality. What is it?

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Hi Igor, 

For me musicality as it applies to dancing requires the synchronicity of the movements of the dancers to the accents or to the tempo of the music. There are of course, many different ways to do this so in my opinion, musicality cannot be too narrowly defined. Moving in concert with the music is the quality of musicality in dancing. 

I've been to several musicality workshops and interestingly enough, I never found them very useful or applicable to my concept of musicality in dance. Personally, I believe that the dance itself is "musicality" in movement. So in a nutshell, musicality can be taught and learned simply by mastering rhythmic movements and doing them "in synch" with the music. Watching some performances by various professional dancers can be a good way to show or to see examples of musicality.

I have some film of Chicho dancing with Cecilia in Atlanta when he first came to the US (we were lucky enough to be his first hosts in this country). Anyway, Chicho is a total master in musicality. I also have some film of Xavier & Geraldine dancing a demo of adornments to Darienzo after a class in at the Tangocamp Sweden. It's also a wonderful example of dancing very well with the music and to the rhythm. I wish I could show them to you. I should probably show them in my class whenever I teach a class in musicality....

Cheers,

Manuel


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> From: ipolk at virtuar.com

>
> Following Steve's thoughts,
> I have deepen more into that, and to my surprise have found that I can not
> really define what people understand under the term "Musicality".
> I can not say what it is. I know that dancing supposed to be with music. (
> And I believe I myself dance musically too ) But on a logical side, or
> rather sociological side I am confused.
>
> If it is so common, can one define what "musicality" is?
> What most people understand under "musicality"?
> So if one say: "This is a musicality lesson" what people expect? Those who
> come and those who do not?
>
> Another question is how to develop it.
>