You play congas...but do you know how to dance?
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:05 am
We all in here come and discuss what ever is there to know about the conga drums,( conga place ) the technique, the craftsmanship in what it is to make one.. and what such an instrument... endless creativity, the endless amounts of rhythms that there can be, there is even a dance named after the beloved drum......BUT can you dance it ??
There has always been the communication of the both, there are those accents and stepping sounds that we play with the conga and the dancer takes advantage of that and magnifies the moment... and why the importance in knowing how to dance some of this rhythms as conga player ? Like the rumba, guaguanco, salsa, merengue, cumbia, samba etc...
Because if you CAN't dance it , is difficult to interpret the swing that the dancer wants. Y para los latinos si no lo sabes bailar...no te llevas la mamacita
Paz
Olsongo
There has always been the communication of the both, there are those accents and stepping sounds that we play with the conga and the dancer takes advantage of that and magnifies the moment... and why the importance in knowing how to dance some of this rhythms as conga player ? Like the rumba, guaguanco, salsa, merengue, cumbia, samba etc...
Because if you CAN't dance it , is difficult to interpret the swing that the dancer wants. Y para los latinos si no lo sabes bailar...no te llevas la mamacita
Paz
Olsongo