[Tango-L] New Video

[Andreas Wichter]

Hello,

sorry to bother the list with three postings, but I was being too wordy 
and so I had to break this up into three parts. This is the final one, 
though...


Trini wrote:

 >>  However, the music itself didn't strike me as a fast "flying" 
piece.  It struck me as stately and elegant, which this couple 
certainly conveyed.  My interpretation might include more suspension 
between movements, but it's hard to tell visually whether this couple 
was using that or not. So overall, I can appreciate their 
interpretation.  Well-done.<<


Thank you, Trini. I agree with your assessment of this valses feel.


Some general thoughts:
My idea of dancing vals is, to a large degree, preservation of movement 
and energy throughout the dance (you wanna keep the flow), plus playing 
with rhythm and movement dynamics. Where tango may be dramatic, vals 
tends toward the romantic. But then again, look at some of the 
lyrics...check out „No The Mires En El Rio“ or „Tengo Mil Novias“ for 
the tragic and the wacky end of the scale. Both not all that romantic, 
but then again, it´s Rodriguez...
In a dance this slow the rate of movement is sometimes very slow, but 
if you watch closely you will see that we actually stop moving for more 
than half a second or so (and I like to think we still keep up the 
energy flow there) only two or three times, normally we at least keep 
up a rotation of an axis. I really like dancing slow sometimes, and 
slowing down so much you hardly move creates a very nice 
tension/expectation/anticipation.
Dancing this vals for me was just emphasizing (not embellishing) the 
music´s underlying rhythm (don´t know if I am clear here...), staying 
well-grounded (the music sure is, so I want to reflect it) and 
maintaining flow. This was one of the few times when I perfomed that I 
partly managed to forget the audience and dance for my partner alone, 
so I guess that means you don´t get to see much... at least AC was 
happy afterwards. ;-)


So what do others think about how to dance vals?


Andreas

http://www.tangokombinat.de/uk