VPMA93H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hoochie Coochie, The Gay Divorcee, Swing Music
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Lecture #9 - 20170605 (mon) by h. yau. Dancing is like music, but showing the beat/meter directly through movements. Group dance: everyone is encouraged to join (western) Dance music mostly has strong beat so it"s easier to determine how to dance based on that music. Musical (comedy) a popular form of musical theatre of the 20th century, developed chiefly in the us and england; it features spoken dialogue developing dramatic situations appropriate for song, ensemble numbers, and dance. Cole porter, night and day from the gay divorcee (1932 broadway play) Like the beat, beat, beat of the tom-tom; When the jungle shadows fall, like the tick, tick, tock of the stately clock. as it stands against the wall. Like the drip, drip drip of the rain drops, Night and day you are the one, only you beneath the moon and under the sun. Whether near to me or far, it"s no matter darling where you are.
