What is happening to mambo/on2

songname said:
While we're on it what about the difference between men and women? Isn't it true that in north America it's much more likely that a woman will know how to dance than a man? And isn't it true that the reason for this is men generally try to stay in control and not allow themselves to express emotions.
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I'm gonna have to disagree 100% here...

 
Sabrosura said:
<Dominican/Cuban/etc.!" It screams ego fragility because most of those shouters can't dance to save their life lol)

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So just for the record, I've done thousands of hours of Bachata parties and I've never heard those.

So now I have to actually explain to new people seeing this that you do not in fact know anything about Bachata and are talking out of your ass. Thanks for wasting my and everyone reading this' time, much appreciated!

Point being: you (and others here who don't dance Bachata) don't know anything about what actually gets played at Bachata parties, so anything you have to say on the matter counts exactly for nothing.

Here are a few songs that do get played at Bachata parties (among the many different styles of Bachata music). I'm not saying you or salseros will necessarily like them, since Bachata music is inextricably linked to the musical possibilities and flow of the dance, none of which exist in typical salsa turn patterns. I'm just providing them as a more realistic example rather than the crap you posted -- which would be like me picking two crappy salsaton remixes and then bashing the entire salsa scene based on that.




(this is a remix, I imagine no one here will like it because most salseros have no idea how to partner dance without turn patterns).
 
Dissonant Harmony said:
So just for the record, I've done thousands of hours of Bachata parties and I've never heard those.

So now I have to actually explain to new people seeing this that you do not in fact know anything about Bachata and are talking out of your ass. Thanks for wasting my and everyone reading this' time, much appreciated!

Point being: you (and others here who don't dance Bachata) don't know anything about what actually gets played at Bachata parties, so anything you have to say on the matter counts exactly for nothing.

Here are a few songs that do get played at Bachata parties (among the many different styles of Bachata music). I'm not saying you or salseros will necessarily like them, since Bachata music is inextricably linked to the musical possibilities and flow of the dance, none of which exist in typical salsa turn patterns. I'm just providing them as a more realistic example rather than the crap you posted -- which would be like me picking two crappy salsaton remixes and then bashing the entire salsa scene based on that.




(this is a remix, I imagine no one here will like it because most salseros have no idea how to partner dance without turn patterns).
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Most Bachata Sensual dancers cannot even dance without trying to break somebody's neck
 
Sabrosura said:
Here's a Colombian lady. Her dancing looks pretty dominican.

The reason Dominicans (or any other culture) dance a certain way is because that's what is propagated through the culture and that's all they see. No real "merit" there - it's like kids learning a language automatically.

A good dancer can learn to imitate a specific style given enough exposure to the style. They may not look 100% dominican and only 95% (just like adults who learn a language perfectly but still retain a tiny accent) but then again there are also plenty of dominicans whose dancing doesn't look dominican :D

(Though personally, I don't see the point of aiming to look like someone else when dancing. I want to express my own style. I don't get the patriotic shouting some Latinos do: "you dance well but you don't look like a <Dominican/Cuban/etc.!" It screams ego fragility because most of those shouters can't dance to save their life lol)

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What is this? Linear bachata? Or that white line just took over their minds?
 
Dissonant Harmony said:
So just for the record, I've done thousands of hours of Bachata parties and I've never heard those.

So now I have to actually explain to new people seeing this that you do not in fact know anything about Bachata and are talking out of your ass. Thanks for wasting my and everyone reading this' time, much appreciated!

Point being: you (and others here who don't dance Bachata) don't know anything about what actually gets played at Bachata parties, so anything you have to say on the matter counts exactly for nothing.

Here are a few songs that do get played at Bachata parties (among the many different styles of Bachata music). I'm not saying you or salseros will necessarily like them, since Bachata music is inextricably linked to the musical possibilities and flow of the dance, none of which exist in typical salsa turn patterns. I'm just providing them as a more realistic example rather than the crap you posted -- which would be like me picking two crappy salsaton remixes and then bashing the entire salsa scene based on that.




(this is a remix, I imagine no one here will like it because most salseros have no idea how to partner dance without turn patterns).
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Everyone be jumping on the Video Unavailable band wago. I've been championing them before they even THOUGHT about making bachata.
 
Sabrosura said:
Here's a Colombian lady. Her dancing looks pretty dominican.

The reason Dominicans (or any other culture) dance a certain way is because that's what is propagated through the culture and that's all they see. No real "merit" there - it's like kids learning a language automatically.

A good dancer can learn to imitate a specific style given enough exposure to the style. They may not look 100% dominican and only 95% (just like adults who learn a language perfectly but still retain a tiny accent) but then again there are also plenty of dominicans whose dancing doesn't look dominican :D

(Though personally, I don't see the point of aiming to look like someone else when dancing. I want to express my own style. I don't get the patriotic shouting some Latinos do: "you dance well but you don't look like a <Dominican/Cuban/etc.!" It screams ego fragility because most of those shouters can't dance to save their life lol)

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Yes I hate when some volunteers that I don't look/dance like whatever.
A) I didn't ask
B) f##k off
I had 1 white woman volunteer after our bachata that I kind of dance Dominican but not really as I don't feel the same or use tension properly, like a real Dominican (she asked me to dance and I didn't ask for feedback).
And another was grumpy that the Cubans she danced with weren't very good, turned on me and said "you're okay, but no offence your not as good as a good cuban dance that I wanted". Again I didn't ask, and I'm always on record as not liking my dancing.
The only problem with the above statement:
Out of the 9 Cubans (7 were musicians) plus me in the room, I was her best dance. So if you take the statistic (I'm a better dancer than 9 Cubans) and then apply that statistic to the world wise cuban poulat-Nm.
 
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