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DJ Yuca said:
For me he's very danceable. (On 2 of course. On 1 would be frustrating.)
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Are you dancing on2 with the timing pause234pause678?

I dance both on1 and ET on2. Both methods have the same timing, 123pause567pause. Wouldn't have a problem doing either method to this song.
 
I very rarely dance. On the rare occasions I do dance then my preference is P2. I used to do ET2 though.

Either way, you're missing my point: there is nothing technically difficult about dancing on 1 to Cal Tjader. But it would feel like a missed opportunity.
 
Actually I got the gist of your post. This song is constant motion. Not sure it really matters what beat you break on.

There is nothing particular special about the 2 in this song. There is a section around 1:43 that accents 2/6, but by and large the stronger accents occur on beat 1 where the phrase starts or transitions to the next section.

Since you would dance 234,678 are you doing something to high light the pause on beat 1?
 
dahvee said:
Actually I got the gist of your post. This song is constant motion. Not sure it really matters what beat you break on.

There is nothing particular special about the 2 in this song. There is a section around 1:43 that accents 2/6, but by and large the stronger accents occur on beat 1 where the phrase starts or transitions to the next section.

Since you would dance 234,678 are you doing something to high light the pause on beat 1?
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It's not just that song, or even that artist. It's all Latin jazz and mambo music. When I only danced on 1 I loved Latin jazz but I never wanted to dance to it, In fact I considered it unsuitable for dancing. Once I learnt on 2 and tried it to Latin jazz it was a road to Damascus moment.

You could argue that that's just my personal taste, however: in the mambo era, in the US on 2 was widely regarded as the only correct way to dance; mambo/Latin jazz tunes get a far better response at events where on 2 dancers are present.

Ultimately I'm not suggesting you shouldn't dance on 1 to that tune (or any other). Whatever floats your boat. But I do suspect that most followers either don't enjoy dancing to that sort of track or only enjoy it if the dance is on 2.
 
terence said:
I hate to upset Yuca ( again) but that song brings back many good memories. dancing live to that close to the stage and Tito, is an experience one never forgets
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I forgive you. Dance Mania 1 and 2 are 2 of the greatest albums of all time. Santitos Colón was such a great singer and of course TP was arguably at his peak.

I read that Dance Mania 2 was a lot less successful than its predecesor which is a shame as it also has some seminal tracks.
 
DJ Yuca said:
I forgive you. Dance Mania 1 and 2 are 2 of the greatest albums of all time. Santitos Colón was such a great singer and of course TP was arguably at his peak.

I read that Dance Mania 2 was a lot less successful than its predecessor which is a shame as it also has some seminal tracks.
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Most dance studio's used TP ( on vinyl ) album's for teaching, among other well knowns .
 
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