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by Percell St Thomass (Author)
I knew that DanceKinesis was the missing dimension in Ballroom and Latin dance training and performing, but I needed to put it into a format that would be most helpful to dancers. I sought the opinions of many social and professional dancers world-wide, and, now, this world-class body, movement, and dance training system is the tried and proven result of their responses. DanceKinesis, dancing by a more natural movement and rhythm, is the newest and fastest growing concept in dance training, and is already being used, enjoyed, revered, and copied by dancers of every level. DanceKinesis does teach dancing, but it first teaches dance. The theories and practices of DK may be applied to all of the partnership dances. It focuses on the body's natural movement, fundamentals and principles, and the 7 Laws of Motion. It turns these principles into dance. The techniques and traditional studies of dance are then applied to the individual's natural movements as a means to; define and characterize the dance desired, and, to control and maintain its stylistic movements, rhythm/s, timing/s, and interpretation/s. DanceKinesis may be used with all existing syllabi of all modern Ballroom and Latin dance schools. The text begins with studies the psychology of why we dance. It continues with titles such as "Corrective Posture Arc" and "The 3 Body Tiers" which help to better understand, rebuild and/or retrain the body to feel better in everyday life as well as dance. Others such as "The 7 Natural Laws", "The 4 Schools [Studies] of Ballroom Dance", and "The 2 Energies of Ballroom and Latin Dance" help to better understand and better create proper and more efficient body movement. Did you know that there are at least 3 primary rhythms to most pieces of music? Do you know why it is not good to learn or teach dance by using the terms 'Slow' and 'Quick'? Did you know that the terms 'Lead' and 'Follow' are technically the opposite of what most persons believe they are? DanceKinesis is a kinesthetic study of dance which takes the non-dancer and the dancer, whether amateur or professional, through a total study into the concepts of natural movement through time and space. The study surpasses dance by including music and rhythm 'for dancers'. It teaches beats, bars and timings; how and why they differ between dancers and musicians. DK completely explains rhythms for dancers; why and how they are created, why and how they also differ to the musician, and how they are used by the dancer. Concepts like the "Ball and Ruler" and "Never Lead; Only Follow" teach and/or retrain partnering. DanceKinesis answers all of the above questions and much, much more. Lastly, DanceKinesis explores the basic social, ballroom, and exhibition dances which are most commonly taught in Ballroom and Latin dance studios. The steps, music, rhythm/s, timing/s and studies of each dance are reviewed in detail. Over the past 24 years, we have set out not to prove our program, but to disprove it. Our finding... DanceKinesis works!
