3639  Not Dancing to the Rhythm

Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:28:07 -0500
From: Stephen Brown <Stephen.P.Brown@DAL.FRB.ORG>
Subject: Not Dancing to the Rhythm

Richard DeSousa wonders

>>I finally realized why some of them never seem to dance on the beat of

the music because they danced to alternative music off the beat and
traditional tango music off the beat too! So is it because they're not
skilled dancers that they can't dance to the beat even when it's very
clear, in the case of traditional tango music, or they just don't care?<<

Musicality is a frequently overlooked skill in learning to dance tango.
Those who aren't dancing to the rhythm have not really learned to let the
rhythms guide their movements. Their dance is one of forcing figures into
a time frame defined by the duration of a tango.

With best regards,
Steve