DanceMentor
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Was watching a beautiful rumba from a legend. Was really getting into it, and then he started hiccuping with "Hup!" ... "Hup!". Isn't this something circus trainers do when herding the lions?
Lion Herders
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Glenn Gould, a legend of piano performance, was widely known to vocalize in various audible ways during his concerts and recording sessions. Studio recording engineers tried their best to minimize these strange sounds, with varying degrees of success.
Some dancers also like to sing or hum along with the music. I have no problem with this (in a social setting) -- if it is not very loud; but "hiccuping" or other unusual sounds could be quite distracting on any dance floor I'd think.
Don't know to whom you refer, but perhaps this dancer is afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome (or maybe did have a bout of hiccups)? [Or have I been pulled into a bad joke of some kind?]
Some dancers also like to sing or hum along with the music. I have no problem with this (in a social setting) -- if it is not very loud; but "hiccuping" or other unusual sounds could be quite distracting on any dance floor I'd think.
Don't know to whom you refer, but perhaps this dancer is afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome (or maybe did have a bout of hiccups)? [Or have I been pulled into a bad joke of some kind?]
tanya_the_dancer
Well-Known Member
Why is that a crime???
sambagirl
Member
It's histrionic and distracting, and much of the time runs counter to what's being expressed with the rest of the body.
Besides, it reminds me of Milli Vanilli.
danceronice
Forum Master
I have to resist the urge to sing along. (And it does give them something to do with the mouths besides make silly faces.)
The hissing and other vocalizing I've heard, along with the finger snaps (though at least with a dance like Paso I can kind of see the snapping being a natural expression/emphasis) reminds me too much of clicking, hissing, or "growling" at my horse--I do it, most riders do it, but...we're "talking" to an animal and it IS usually a correction or a 'go faster' thing. Not a big fan of it being done to me!
The hissing and other vocalizing I've heard, along with the finger snaps (though at least with a dance like Paso I can kind of see the snapping being a natural expression/emphasis) reminds me too much of clicking, hissing, or "growling" at my horse--I do it, most riders do it, but...we're "talking" to an animal and it IS usually a correction or a 'go faster' thing. Not a big fan of it being done to me!
MidwestDancingGuy
Member
What, you think this silly? :raisebro: How dare you! Don't you see that we are all very serious with our super-dramatic dance faces!!
http://www.dance-forums.com/showthread.php?t=38226&page=3#post850387
DOI, are you trying to tell us that you don't enjoy feeling like you're being ridden like a horse on the dance floor? :lol:
danceronice
Forum Master
Oddly, being a follower IS a little like being the horse! (Ignoring the innuendo/teasing, I get enough of that from the boys in Boston! 
) I have to listen to the "rider" (the lead) and at times curb my own instincts and go where I'm told. Clucking at me isn't necesssary.
Though the 'watch for traffic' habit carries over quite nicely. I'm very used to looking out for unexpected moving obstacles!
) I have to listen to the "rider" (the lead) and at times curb my own instincts and go where I'm told. Clucking at me isn't necesssary. Though the 'watch for traffic' habit carries over quite nicely. I'm very used to looking out for unexpected moving obstacles!
madmaximus
Forum Master
Finger snapping--especially in latin.
...talk about making your teeth grind.
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...talk about making your teeth grind.
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"Oddly, being a follower IS a little like being the horse!"
a little off thread:
This is very true. I greatly confuse my instructor sometimes when i use equestrian terms tho. i once asked him why he kept half halting me during something but that is exactly what he was doing. I guess i was getting too strung out and needed to be collected. I kind of like it when he makes the happy or correction noises when we are dancing cuz it lets me know immediately what he is referring to. like clicker training. its easier than dancing for a few moments and then stopping and saying, back when you did this or that it felt wrong. obviously he does need to come back and verbalize the actual corrections.
a little off thread:
This is very true. I greatly confuse my instructor sometimes when i use equestrian terms tho. i once asked him why he kept half halting me during something but that is exactly what he was doing. I guess i was getting too strung out and needed to be collected. I kind of like it when he makes the happy or correction noises when we are dancing cuz it lets me know immediately what he is referring to. like clicker training. its easier than dancing for a few moments and then stopping and saying, back when you did this or that it felt wrong. obviously he does need to come back and verbalize the actual corrections.
MidwestDancingGuy
Member
Wait, what??
How the heck do you snap your fingers during partner dancing? Aren't both hands of both partners occupied? Left hand of leader holding right hand of follower... right hand of leader in contact with shoulder blade of follower... left hand of follower on leader's right arm... unless I'm missing an arm somewhere?!? Are we talking about mutant dancers with 3 arms...?!? :shock:
danceronice
Forum Master
Wait, what??
No. Only in Standard are you always in contact. Smooth, Latin, Rhythm, the higher you go, the less time you spend in closed hold. At Gold/Open and up, especially in Rhythm and Latin you can spend a lot of time dancing with no physical lead at all.
The Latin boys (
) often have a habit of snapping the fingers to add emphasis. Rhythm Pro swears it is NOT something he really thinks about, just habit. Personally, I think USED SPARINGLY it can add a certain je ne sais quoi to dances like Paso Doble. But when they start to sound like they have castinets, or they're doing it dancing closed bronze, it gets really silly reallly fast.Oh, and the lady does not snap.
MidwestDancingGuy
Member
Oh right, haha. Open/solo work. Totally forgot about that. :doh: I get the Stupid Award for the day.... :headwall:
danceronice
Forum Master
Nah, just the "I Need More Coffee This Morning" Award.
And in Rhythm and Latin even in Bronze, one arm is often free.
And in Rhythm and Latin even in Bronze, one arm is often free.