Musicality in dancing, put simply, is the ability to change your dancing with a change in the music. To do that, you need to know how long your patterns are, and how long a particular section of music is. Enter the 8-count, the basic unit of measurement we use to tie what we dance to what we hear.
Just a few things we’ll be covering:
- What is the basic structure of a song?
- How does the 8-count help us measure the length of section of music we are dancing to? (Choreographers use this all the time)
- How does the “energy level” of a piece help us know when to start and stop dancing?
- How do we find the “1” in the music?
- What part of the song is it best for beginners to practice to?