Brenda Bufalino's "St. Valentine's Day Waltz"
For Intermediate / Advanced
$50.00

Item #22

45 Minutes, DVD Format

1) There is the tempo, there is the rhythm and there is the groove. The figures for the waltz created during this l997 workshop are expressed at a bright tempo in a syncopated 3/4 rhythm in an African Waltz groove. Patterns are created that may be elongated, separated or repeated to create a complete dance in 3/4 time. (2) The "Bufalino Wing" exercise can be used as a figure in a composition or an exercise that strengthens and lifts the body. The "Bufalino Wing" is a new manipulation to include in the dancers vocabulary, offering a visual as well as rhythmical pattern. (3) The American Tap Dance Orchestra performs "Cool Bird" , a waltz in the same groove and tempo which has been included on the tape. "Cool Bird" was created by Ms. Bufalino for the ATDO in l990. & demonstrates orchestral arrangements with layered rhythms that personify Ms. Bufalino's tap compositions.