However, when a person enters a dance area from another dance area, usually s/he finds the dance moves look very familiar, and they all seem to be something they have learned before.
The truth is, it's not 'looking like something have been learned', it's exactly the thing they have learned before.
Why?
Long time ago I blogged about the evolution history of dance. Taka a glance at the evolutionary history then one can tell the reason why dances share some common figures.
However similar the patterns look even in different dances, they are not presented the same.
Take Change of Places as an example, when it is performed in Tango, the timing is QQS QQS with a sharp twist. While in Foxtrot, timing keeps QQS QQS but with a small bounce action in between. And compared to the one incorporated canter hesitation timing in Viennese Waltz and become 123 123 123 123.
Basically, this is one same figure, but applying the characteristic of a particular dance, one can obviously tell which dance genre it is grouped into.
Take a closer look at the other dances, then we can find another Change of Places in Jive. This jivy figure looks similar to those in the above three dances, but not too similar- the jivy one gets a rock step and chasse.
Common figures is more common than one can imagine. Because of this, when one takes a few sessions in Swing, then shifts to a Salsa floor, plus some experience in Cha Cha Cha afterwards, then this dancer may feel like s/he every moves in the dance world!
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