Articles by Zachariah

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  No such dance as blues dance

  June 02, 2009 by Zachariah

  Yeah, you heard me, there's no such dance as blues dance. Oh sure, you can find endlessly tedious online discussions about what is or isn't "authentic" blues dance (gag me), but that's just a bunch of...

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  Leading and following in partner dance

  June 01, 2009 by Zachariah

  Most partner dances consist of the interaction of a lead and a follow; the roles are clear and unambiguous. Contemporary blues dance is seriously messing with this idea, but most partner dances start from...

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  Blues dancing is different

  June 01, 2009 by Zachariah

  Contemporary blues dancing is wide-open partnered improvisation; good blues dances are co-created by two partners working as creative equals. Blues dancing subverts the conventional understanding of leading...