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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...

What Are the Theoretical Areas That Make Up the MCC?

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  🇬🇧 What Are the Theoretical Areas That Make Up the MCC? If the Method of the Casino Square (MCC) represents a shift from empirical transmission to structured understanding, then a key question naturally arises: What exactly is the theoretical structure that sustains it? A structured theoretical system The MCC is not an isolated set of ideas, nor a collection of independent concepts. It is a coherent and organized theoretical system , designed to fully characterize the technical, structural, and functional behavior of Cuban social dances. Originally, the MCC was formulated as a body of 21 core theories . However, as its development progressed, its internal structure expanded and refined, allowing us to identify a broader architecture composed of: 21 macro-theories developed into 36 specific theories. Why expand from 21 to 36? The original 21 theories already provided a solid analytical framework. But with deeper development, it became clear that some of those theories contained ...