Practice 1: Bounce
Fundamentals
While practicing as well consider those ideas from West African movement. 1. You should not align limbs in a too straight manner (Kongo) 2. You should dance bending deep. (Kongo) 3. Keep your elbows and hips close in to he body; you must move your entire body; vibrate the whole, but you must keep the movement self-contained, not to go too far out with the gestures ans thrusts of the arms and legs (Kongo) Those are comments gathered by Thompson in interview wit experts in dance in Western and Central Africa. "The bent kneebone symbolised the ability to "get down" From the book "Steppin on the Blues"
While practicing as well consider those ideas from West African movement. 1. You should not align limbs in a too straight manner (Kongo) 2. You should dance bending deep. (Kongo) 3. Keep your elbows and hips close in to he body; you must move your entire body; vibrate the whole, but you must keep the movement self-contained, not to go too far out with the gestures ans thrusts of the arms and legs (Kongo) Those are comments gathered by Thompson in interview wit experts in dance in Western and Central Africa. "The bent kneebone symbolised the ability to "get down" From the book "Steppin on the Blues"