Thursday, July 5, 2007

High boleo, or ‘what a boleo!’

Last month I read an interview to a female dancer, and she said that it really bother her women who are used to say “If the man leads me, I dance”. Of course! Every woman can dance if she is being leaded, specially when the poor man holds in his arms a FRIDGE! (because of the heaviness), that doesn’t move, cross, or even does involuntary ochos. So, in that forceful way, yes…he will “lead her”.
No, ladies..no. You must not use that line anymore. You don’t dance only “if the man leads you”, because if the woman that hears you saying that is a good dancer, she will look at you and instantly leave the restroom, in where you were talking to her because you didn’t know what else to do viewing the fact that you didn’t dance all night, and it didn’t occurred to you any better idea than go to the restroom and put some more make up on.
Let’s see: the man proposes, leads, asks, communicate, or as you like, what he wants you to do with your body and legs. But between responding to that, and being a good dancer, there is a long way.
Who hasn’t heard in a class a woman saying: “Yes, I do dance”, and when you simply walk with her you realize that she is heavy as a refrigerator. I don’t remember who told me that a teacher said once: “If I would like to move furniture, I would stay at home”.
With the long list of technique classes for women, I recommend to all of the furniture to go and take one, just to see what is like to be able to stand on one foot and don’t loose your balance. Because besides of being light, a dancer has to create personality, make adornos if she is able to, have great posture and rhythm. And you can’t accomplish even one of these without balance.
Technique classes in Buenos Aires (maybe some of them are not giving classes at this moment):

Alejandra Arrué
Alejandra Martiñan

These are some of many classes. There is no excuse: not the age, because there are a lot of incredible old dancers, and not even saying that you only learned two steps because you where looking for a man. Don’t forget that nobody leaves the furniture store with a boyfriend…

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