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Is Social Dancing Storytelling? (S06 Ep01)
A leader once told my co-host Gui, "I'm not off time, I'm just being musical."
I've been that guy. So when Amit asked if Brazilian Zouk social dancing is really storytelling, I knew where it goes wrong.
Amit's from India, came up through Bollywood, and connects to the instruments more than the lyrics. He wants to build a whole story when he dances, and it keeps "breaking" by the end of the song.
What we mean when a dance "tells a story":
→ Where you come from shapes what you hear. Percussion-heavy cultures (Brazil, India, the Middle East) lock onto the beat; voice-led cultures lock onto the…
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