TRIPPING AND LIMPING AS FUNDAMENTAL CHOREOGRAPHIC ACCIDENTS
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...