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MCC – PILOT EDITION VOLUME 1

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  MCC – PILOT EDITION VOLUME 1 Foundations and Structural Routine 1 of the Cuban Casino Square Method After more than 28 years of research, development, and formulation, access is opened for the first time to: THE PILOT EDITION OF VOLUME 1 OF THE CUBAN CASINO SQUARE METHOD (MCC) What is this edition? This is not a conventional dance book. It is the first complete structural formalization of Cuban Casino dance as a technical, reproducible, and systematized method. For decades, Cuban Casino has been transmitted empirically, without a clear structural framework. This volume establishes: a defined structural foundation a proprietary technical language a reproducible model of choreographic execution What does Volume 1 include? This pilot edition introduces the foundational development of the MCC system, organized into structured modules: 1. Foundations of the Cuban Casino Square Method scientific approach applied to dance distinction between empirical dance and well-formed dance concep...

TRIPPING AND LIMPING AS FUNDAMENTAL CHOREOGRAPHIC ACCIDENTS

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  CUBAN CASINO SQUARE METHOD (MCC) THEORY OF CHOREOGRAPHIC MOTION TRIPPING AND LIMPING AS FUNDAMENTAL CHOREOGRAPHIC ACCIDENTS 1. General Statement In the execution of steps within Casino dance, there are two fundamental choreographic accidents that directly affect the quality, efficiency, and coherence of movement: tripping and limping. Both constitute deviations from natural human walking, which is adopted in the Cuban Casino Square Method as the structural basis of choreographic motion. 2. Critical Note on the Myth of “Dancing on the Toes” There is a widespread myth according to which professional dancers dance on their toes. This idea is incorrect when transferred to the context of social dance. A distinction must be made between the stage dancer, who performs choreographed movement under aesthetic codes, and the social dancer, who operates within an interactive system governed by functionality, efficiency, and reproducibility. The stage dancer works within a previously structur...