Stormdance_IDF_Three thoughts on Freestyle
Illusionary Dance Forms
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When improvising we tend to get lost in thoughts. While the music plays at a steady pace we as performers must be able to stay coherent with it and build our rhetorical narrative.
-Time changes
-Stops
-Repeats
have a great effect in keeping our cognition on point and getting our message across.
Always remember: If you as a dancer gets lost, your audience surely cannot follow either.
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