The Secrets of Musicality For Dancers

Book excerpt: It doesn't matter what you dance. Couple dance or solo, salsa, hip-hop, tango or contemporary. It doesn't matter what level you are - beginner or advanced. If you are a dancer and you want better musicality - this book is for you! Musicality can seem a bit of a mysterious art. What is it, really? In this book we break it down into nine different skills, with focus on the two core elements of musicality, perception and expression. How we hear the music and how we express it. These skills are: Dancing to the Beat Dancing to Different Tempos Finding the Dominant Feeling Expressing Specific Sounds Dancing to the Silence Prediction & Preparation Dancing to the Vocals Breathing with Musicality Putting it all Together There are exercises for each skill, but there is no silver bullet, no ready made recipe you can just follow. If you want better musicality you have to do the work. You are the one who have to interpret the music. But you get the tools. You get a lot of tips on what to listen to and how you can interpret it. Music is a universal language we all understand. And dance is just another language. We only have to practice how to translate it the best way possible. So that it keeps all its beauty.