Saturday, March 5, 2011

weight shift

The act of weight shift is an important skill to master when dancing.  Whether you dance tap or salsa, weight shift is a major skill that is important to understand.  In dance weight shift can accentuate the movement or may just be that you are shifting to perform another move.  In the following video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQbaXtHTufM, the choreographer chose a very energetic theme for his dancers. There are moments where the dancers run on stage, come to a stop but jump and as they are landing, thought you may not see it they are transferring their weight to a certain leg or side of their body to turn multiple times.  If the dancer was unable to control the shift of weight it will throw off the consistent flow of movement in their performance and well it would not look as pleasant as it does in the video.

Transferring weight also can mean that the performer is opposing energy from their opponent if partnering.  This is also important when dancers are partnering because one can get injured if the act is not performed properly.  I think that learning this skill in dance is crucial and is a great thing to master when performing.  Not only does it make the performance look good it says a lot of the dancers awareness of their body.

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