CHACHACHA
MOVEMENT TO MUSIC
INTRODUCTION TO THE MOVEMENT TO MUSIC
This is an introduction and presentation class to movement in music.
Here we will analyse the amount of time we dispose to do any movement. This is very relevant. The bigger the quantity of time, the bigger are the possibilities of creating an action in the body, the less quantity of time the more reduced the action gets. But this does not mean it gets annulated; this is the big complexity of dancing fast rithms.
The length of a musical timing where we have to create multiple actions is less than a second. Only the persistent repetition starting in a slow way until it gets to the adequate tempo make us achieve it.
I’ve divided Movement to Music in four big sections basing on the WDSF judges system. Organised for a better learning.
CODE AND LANGUAGE OF MOVEMENT IN MUSIC
In this class we present all that language that we will use to study movement to music. We will talk about the Beat, about Beats groupings and Beats divisions. It is a theoretical class that will help us to understand a musical phrases, bars, syncopations, etc.
It is important to have this theory very clear before starting the work of Movement in Music to know in advance everything that we are going to work on.
TIMING IN CHACHACHÁ
In this class we will talk about the timing we have in the most basic steps of Chachachá. We will explain the objective of Timing and how to achieve it. For this we have created two Timing Levels that we will see explained in more detail in the next classes.
LEVEL 1 OF TIMING, CHACHACHÁ
Today we explain in detail Level 1 of Timing. At the end of the class we will see all the exercises in music.
LEVEL 2 OF TIMING, CHACHACHÁ
Today we will continue to advance by explaining in detail Level 2 of Timing that is added to LEVEL 1. The most important thing to create good timing is to be precise when we step on the ground, for this we use these two levels to reach that goal.
DYNAMICS INTRODUCTION
We start a new block in the movement in music. In this new block we will understand what dynamics are and how we can also train them through levels. It is important that before starting to work on this block you have already worked on the entire previous block on TIMING.
LEVEL 1 OF CHACHACHÁ DYNAMICS
We start with Level 1 in Chachachá, the contrast between Up and Down and Acceleration vs. Deceleration.
LEVEL 2 OF CHACHACHÁ DYNAMICS
We continue working on the dynamics with level 2 of dynamics in chachachá, which will be the contrast between travel vs standing
LEVEL 3 OF CHACHACHÁ DYNAMICS
We continue working on the dynamics with level 3 of dynamics in chachachá, which will be the contrast between fast vs. slow.
CHOREOGRAPHY OF DYNAMICS IN CHACHACHÁ
Now we know the levels of dynamics in chachachá. Today we will explain an open choreography to be able to apply all levels to it.