I was reviewing the ISTD examination materials (not that I need to take the exams again, I just do this regularly so as to refresh the most important fundamentals), there was a section called "Couple Freestyle". So what is Couple Freestyle?
If you may not know Disco Dancing, which include all Mambo dances (Cha Cha Cha, Salsa included), Swing dances (Jive, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Lindyhop, Charleston... all included), and Argentine Tango, together with Ballroom Dancing, which include Polka, Waltz, and Tango, are all freestyle.
Now your jaw dropped. You may know that Argentine Tango is mostly improvisation, but Ballroom Tango, and Waltz and the others... You think I must be kidding, but I can assure that they are definitely freestyle. Oh maybe not quite all, these dance genres in Sequence Dance do have sequence and cannot be improvisated.
Well in short, everything that involves a 'Lead' and a 'Follow' can be Couple Freestyle. But then we have a problem- how to couple freestyle well?
Tell you next time.
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