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Sunday, 7 June 2009

The Dancing Flower does Di Sarli

In case you were taking this tango lark a bit too seriously, the Dancing Flower is here to help. Today, it interprets a track sometimes used for beginners' classes - Viviani, from the Carlos di Sarli album Instrumental vol. 2.



This is definitely going to be a series.
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11 comments:

  1. ghost7 June 2009 at 13:26

    Lol, encore, More!

    Milonga, Milonga, Milonga....


    PS Reminds me a lot of the dancers in the JA dvd ;o)

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  2. Henry (@knowtango.com)7 June 2009 at 14:55

    haha, that's great! Sometimes how I feel like dancing ...

    I second the vote for a milonga. I'm curious about the flower's musicality ;)

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  3. Simba7 June 2009 at 18:46

    Hahaha! Awesome!

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  4. David Bailey8 June 2009 at 16:19

    Oooh, I like it!

    You should put these vids on the TPG group for a proper critique...

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  5. msHedgehog8 June 2009 at 20:09

    Go right ahead and critique it here! :oD

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  6. ghost8 June 2009 at 21:06

    0-15 sec A strong dramtic beginning starting with a good simple walk

    16-23 Good use of a pause and some simple adornments to reflect the music

    Another clean sharp pause at 30 secs

    I like the way the flower breaks up the next part 31-39 into a series of steps rather one continuous walk

    40-49 again a bold decision to use large steps for a dramatic walk.

    Then into a brief giro followed by even more walking (you can tell it's your flower!)

    Again skillful use of timing at 1 min - 1.13 to selectively pick out accents.


    (Well you asked :P )

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  7. David Bailey9 June 2009 at 11:20

    Brilliant review, Ghost :)

    Seriously, that flower shows far more musicality than the average AT dancer.

    I reckon this should be used in teaching - "Do you have better musicality than the flower?" :)

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  8. maya10 June 2009 at 12:54

    Love it !!!! I wonder what the flower would do with D'Arienzo and Piazzolla... Please more...

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  9. msHedgehog10 June 2009 at 14:03

    The flower says thanks for all your kind feedback.

    D'Arienzo's in the queue, along with some nice milongas - I think I'm going to use one by Donato. The only thing I've got by Piazzolla is Libertango and it's not his orchestra - but it seems worth a try. I think the flower will be appearing weekly, for a while. Pugliese's in there too.

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  10. Captain Jep14 June 2009 at 11:45

    The flower returns!

    Im not sure it picks up the staccato of La Flete as well as it picks up the lyrical honey tones of a Di Sarli piece. Nevertheless it showed virtuouso musicality in the middle section, and even managed to finish its rendition with a well timed bow.

    Bravo! (Oink oink now time I think for a refreshing G&T... )

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  11. msHedgehog14 June 2009 at 14:07

    eek - I left it 'processing' while I went out to lunch and haven't blogged it yet!

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