Saturday, 17 May 2008

Can you feel the beat?

Do you hear music or do you feel it? For me, it's the latter. A beat speaks to me in a language that my body responds to instinctively with controlled movements more commonly known as dance moves. While I generally tend to over analyse things to the point of procrastination, when the beat speaks, my response time is immediate. The beat has a direct route to my subconscious which sometimes causes wonderment in my higher conscious as it marvels at some of the moves my limbs contrive to pull (as an analogy, the Swiss Maestro sometimes finds himself marvelling at some of the shots he makes). Just as a good DJ seamlessly merges one song into another, I dance with a fluidity that defies explanation. However, if I start thinking while I'm dancing, the erstwhile fluidity disappears and my movement becomes spasmodic.

Having said all that, I wonder what the patrons of this very chic establishment thought of last night's performance - I can tell you there was no applause.

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