Paso Doble 17th March

Task one:

What is the title of this dance style?

- The Paso Doble

What genre of dance does it come from?

- It was developed around the 1920s and the genre of this dance style is latin ballroom. It actually first originated in southern France however, modelled after the sound, drama and movement of Spanish bull fighting.

What is the meaning of the words ‘Paso Doble’, which language does this come from?

- Paso Doble means double step or two step in Spanish. It is the rapid paced Spanish military march used by infantry troops. The music accompanies this as well.

Task 2 stylistic features

seductive, sexual, passionate dance

flamboyant movements, heeled shoes to exaggerate the leg and the muscles in it.

• posture and pulling in the core to accentuate the upper part of the body.

• looking into each other’s eyes

• cupped and splayed hands

• rolled back shoulders

• lean in the walks to show aggression

• lady representing the elegant red cloth and the man representing the Matador.

• Arms in the curve the pulled backwards to lift the body up and show power.

dramatic, specific hand movements and wrist isolation,

isolations throughout the body, hip isolations.

The redness in the flag portrays anger to the bulls eyes and in the paso doble the bull is the man and the matador is the girl, trying to seduct him and there’s tension between the two.

anger, passion, commitment, fierce, fighting, determined, aim of the game is to kill the bull and live otherwise the man will die and get seriously injured.

Task 3

Arm exercise