Dance History , dance videos , music for dance , rhythm , tap dance
Music and dance go hand in hand, but sometimes the dance IS the music, or at least part of it. The most obvious example of this is tap dance, where the dance creates the percussion. Tap is the perfect blend of music and dance because the dance is part of the music. Watch how […]
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In my last post about fusion dance I wrote about hip hop and swing. A friend of mine just posted a video of a fusion between Swing and Tap, so I wanted to comment on that as well as on the Swango phenomenon that I’ll address in another post. Lindy Hop has its roots in […]
Continue readingDance History , dance videos , dancing in the golden years , inspirational dancing , tap dance
I got to thinking about how I write about inspirational aging dancers as I was reading Roberta Teller’s blog post Growing Older is Quite Different from Being Old. It occurred ot me that I never write about the challenges of what most dancers have to give up as they age. I love reading about dancers who […]
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