Mas Que Nada - Sergio Mendes
Mas Que Nada - Sergio Mendes featuring The Black Eyed Peas
Like most people, I first discovered this song via the BEP version. But I found the original version and it's pretty cool too!
Anyway, the entire feel of the song is ripe for choreographing. I just need to find another song to tack on at the end. The rhythm and melody is good but it doesn't exactly inspire Breakout, so I have to find a good club banger to push this track through the roof!
Showing posts with label Latin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Latin. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Club Latin: Tumba La Casa (Tearing Down the House) (Tribal Extended Mix)
Tumba La Casa (Tearing Down the House) (Tribal Extended Mix) - Norty Cotto presents Sancocho
I download lots of music regularly but I am less fastidious about listening through them individually. So it was a joy to discover this track in my playlist when iTunes shuffled to it.
I recently created a simple, cool-looking move. It's basically 2 shuffles, a quick turn, and a jump freeze, all the while moving forward. I think it will go quite well with this song. The main problem with this track is that there isn't much musical contrast until near the end. But I still think it's possible to do one long Latin track with this. I'm now putting this track on repeat in order to let it sink in. I find this helps me extract out all those musical layers (lyrics, beats, synths, loops) when doing my choreography.
Here's the final routine I'm thinking of now:
I download lots of music regularly but I am less fastidious about listening through them individually. So it was a joy to discover this track in my playlist when iTunes shuffled to it.
I recently created a simple, cool-looking move. It's basically 2 shuffles, a quick turn, and a jump freeze, all the while moving forward. I think it will go quite well with this song. The main problem with this track is that there isn't much musical contrast until near the end. But I still think it's possible to do one long Latin track with this. I'm now putting this track on repeat in order to let it sink in. I find this helps me extract out all those musical layers (lyrics, beats, synths, loops) when doing my choreography.
Here's the final routine I'm thinking of now:
- Quick, quick, slow Brazilian samba
- Shuffle, turn, freeze combo
- Something that has shimmy in it!
- 2 side mambos, chasse diagonally to the back
- Maybe a final move or a turn or a jump
All of it might change by the time it's ready for release though. But the more I listen the more interesting it is!
(Update 24 Sept 2009) The inspiration for the moves slammed me face-on one day and I've refined it till it feels pretty good. I'm gonna trial it out in a class next Monday and see the response.
- Brazilian samba
- Shuffle, turn, freeze combo
- Shimmy backwards and jungle bounce
- Side tribal mambo (It's just a nama glamer for a slow mambo on the toes)
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