March of the Rumba Volume One: Is Dance Imitating Life? Is Life Imitating Dance? Or is Life Simply Dance?

By Mpyangu O Mukatikoko

March of the Rumba focuses on partner-dancing. The author proposes that, as in conversation, leader and follower roles in partner-dancing be fluidly interchangeable based on the skill-level of each couple. Dialogue is preferable to monologue. Unlike its sibling, music, dance has not kept up with the growing understanding of rhythm as it relates to melody. For the most part, dancers have stuck to downbeats in their interpretation of music. Deepening our understanding of the relationship between melody and rhythm could be a basis for integrating both rhythm and melody, along with the downbeats into dance. The broader our context, the wider our capacity for expression.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1798046725
• ISBN13: 9781798046722
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"