INVITATION TO ASK TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT MCC

 INVITATION TO ASK TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT MCC

I would especially like to invite everyone currently studying:

• Structural Routines,

• Derived Routines,

• private courses,

• open free courses,

• or any MCC-related program,

to ask me these kinds of technical, methodological, structural, or biomechanical questions about the Método del Cuadro del Casino.

I am using these real questions and their answers to develop an intelligent response system oriented toward MCC 6.0.

The more questions I receive:

• the more answers I can generate,

• the more real cases I can analyze,

• and the easier it becomes to build an intelligent and structured internal logic for the future development of MCC.

Very often, behind a seemingly simple question, there are actually:

• motion problems,

• leading/conduction problems,

• navigation problems,

• counting errors,

• biomechanical interpretation issues,

• or differences between empirical Casino and Well-Formed Casino.

Therefore, this process does not only help answer individual doubts, but also helps build an increasingly precise technical and methodological knowledge base.

You may ask questions about:

• figures,

• counting,

• leading,

• rhythm,

• positions,

• structure,

• combinations,

• optimization,

• posture,

• navigation,

• biomechanics,

• improvisation,

• conduction,

• movement logic,

• etc.

The idea is to progressively build an intelligent system specialized in MCC and Well-Formed Social Dances.

EXAMPLE OF A REAL QUESTION RECEIVED:

“In this video it seems that you use counts 5 and 6 of Entrada Corta to gain momentum or inertia before starting Cedazo. Is my analysis correct? And in another example it seems that you begin Cedazo directly from Closed Position using a weight transfer on count 8. How does this work mechanically?”

ANSWER:

Yes, the analysis is quite good, but from the MCC perspective I would avoid using the idea of “inertia” as the main concept or as an obligatory requirement for the execution of Figure Cedazo.

When we execute Entrada Corta or Entrada Larga, between counts 6 and 7 there exists what in MCC we call a “fine node.” This means that approximately around count 6.5 the leader decides whether count 7 resolves toward Posición de Caída or toward Rotated Closed Position.

The follower reaches neutral count 7 without knowing beforehand which of those two options the leader will adopt. Once the leader adopts Closed Position on count 7, several structural possibilities become available:

• Son,

• Mutual Rhombus,

• Cedazo,
  among others.

The key point is understanding that Cedazo is actually decided on count 8.

Why?

Because in Figure Son the leader naturally lets the hip fall on count 8, connecting into count 1 of Figure Son, while in Cedazo the leader executes a forward rotation of the left hip on count 8, connecting into count 1 of Cedazo.

For the follower, count 1 of Son and count 1 of Cedazo appear superficially similar because both involve a hook-like stepping action. However, the difference lies in whether the leader executes:

• a hook action on count 1 for Figure Son,
  or

• a short forward step (half-step podal distance) that generates rotational motion of the couple as a whole.

That rotational intention transmits the mechanical information that Cedazo is about to occur.

This relates directly to one of the new updates in the Theory of Choreographic Motion and the structure of choreographic counting in MCC 5.0 and the future MCC 6.0:

8·1, 2, 3 - 4·5, 6, 7

Count 8 and count 1 are part of the same step. Count 8 is the first half of count 1, just as count 4 is the first half of count 5.

That is why the lead enters on count 8.

Cedazo does not obligatorily require previous momentum or a rotational preload in counts 5 and 6 in order to exist. Although Entrada Larga already contains a rotational predisposition, this is not mechanically indispensable.

Even from a relatively static Short Caída, Cedazo can still be executed perfectly because the rotational information enters directly on count 8.

That is the fundamental point.

It is enough that on count 8, instead of simply dropping the hip, the leader rotates it forward to indicate the rotational intention.

— Yoel Marrero
MCC 6.0

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