After watching the video of Buddha Stretch regarding the Five Things on Freestyle, I was inspired to know more about them. I found videos of Popula on Youtube. In this video, he talks about the difference between Rhythm and Musicality.
This came in prefect timing for my dilemma. As I've noticed in recent battles that I've joined at or served as prod staff, it's no doubt that the crowd cheers for a dancer who kills the beat, a throwdown that's hard to battle with.
This video explains that a dancer must NOT ONLY hit the beat, but also DANCE THE BEAT. Things to ponder on:
1. "So what if you hit the beat? If you hit the beat but you didn't dance in it and out of it,it doesn't matter."
2. "Rhythm gives you the flow into the beat before it breaks"
3. "If you try to hit EVERY BEAT in every 8 count outside of the boom-clap,then you don't have rhythm, only musicality."
2. "Rhythm gives you the flow into the beat before it breaks"
3. "If you try to hit EVERY BEAT in every 8 count outside of the boom-clap,then you don't have rhythm, only musicality."
So before the concept of musicality and trying to catch all the different throwdown beats, remember the basics and essence of dance. Every dancer has his or her rhythm. It's your own flow to the music, regardless of musicality. If not, then everybody can hit the beat and claim they're a dancer, don't you think? Hence, rhythm and musicality must blend and work together to have a good flow and break to your freestyle.
Watch Part 2 of the video in here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWV19BluK04&feature=related
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