cadence

[ballroomdancertoo]

Has been many years since retired from dancing world. however, always try to keep up with the trends. it seems like in the 70s and 80s there doesnt seem to have any feeling to the way they dance although the competitor were in the top level in professional latin. Now days there seem to be more expression of movement and more feeling. I was wondering something like cadence comes to my mind. does this word make sense in the timing of the latin dancers movements? your thoughts appreciated.

 

[opendoor]

Cadencia (spanish) would be an adjustment of body movement, of dissociation and timing to the rhythm and clave. Cadence (french) would be an adaptation of your figure repertoire to the harmony changes and the chord progression at the end of a piece.

Both terms are very important for the expressiveness of your dance. But these qualities are actually only talked about by street, show and club dancers. I haven't heard about it in a ballroom dance forum yet. You asked especially for latin dances. But the cadence (french sense) is also quite important in Viennese Waltz, as waltzes by Strauss always have it at the end. Very often the fleckerl is danced to the cadence. Likewise a quality feature of tango dancers is the cadencia (spanish sense), which is expressed in grounded footwork and mapping of the offbeats.

 

[ballroomdancertoo]

Thanks for informative explanation. Ive heard of the word "tick" to latin motion. How would you catagorize this.

 

[opendoor]

Never heard of!