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> How
would you describe you dance style, and do you
have any favourate
moves?
>My style
of dance comes from every music style and physical
movment i've been influenced by. It began with
pop - Michael Jackson, then MC Hammer in terms
of looking for specific moves and then also during
the time of credible Hip-Hop when people use to
drop seriously fast tunes i.e. Silver Bullet '20
Seconds To Comply'. New Jack Swing had a part
to. Rave music before it fragmented into techno,
drum & Base, breakbeats, Broken Beats et al
was excellent for dancing at speed but it took
a very very long time for me to accept it as my
Hip-Hop buddies were converting ( you can like
more than one form of music people). House and
Garage and I mean several different types of the
stuff brought in a bubbling feminine style of
movement, that allowed you to use ragga/dancehall
styles to. Eventually I came to Jazz and Funk
in a more detailed way through exploring my dads
records, some of which I must of heard as a kid
but hated! Martial arts have played a role Karate,
TaeKwondo style, Capoeira, Escrima, Ninjutsu,
Pencak Silat have all come into my style, which
is a style of no form -except for the shuffle
which in itself has no specific steps. Lately
Break'in and tap has come much to my attention
as also the way your style changes due to wearing
trainers or shoes. Shoes: Jazz-funk Trainers better
for for a chameleon approach Breakbeats, Broken
beats, Nu House.
> What
would you like to see/hear more of at Deepfunk
nights, and what would
you like to see less of?
I want to see
more of an effort to target the appropriate audience
for the night, not drunken buffoons, students
who heard that this was a trendy night to be seen
in, or 'I just finished work this is my nearest
form of entertainment crew' let me go and stand
in someones dance space/face. Saturday night has
people deliberately coming in for the clubbing
event (Groove Sanctuary) and not to piss people
of.
>What
are your favourate Deepfunk tracks at the moment?
Fav deep funk
track - too many tunes to pick one, though many
are starting to wear thin...
>Where
can you see the scene going in the next few years?
The night will
stay the same as it is forever if the dancers
are excluded, they simply won't come and the night
will become closer to a bar style forum with a
little space to dance.
>Do
you have anything else to add?
One last thing
on circles: Deep Funk started on a Sunday, not
many people knew about it, dancers mainly came
with the exception of sunday tourists looking
for a late night drinking place and had a good
time. The dancing and dancers brought the profile
of the club up, getting it more of a prime time
slot -Fridays. This was alright, a few more people
in the club added to the atmosphere and also more
women started finally coming nudge nudge wink
wink. Then through the spectacle of the dancing
the media got hold of the night and before you
knew it were in the Guardian -The beginning of
the end. Now its the place to be seen even pre
- wedding parties even come along and celebrate
there. From a business point of view; fair play,
from an entertainment point of view; lovely for
the civillians, from a dancers point of view it
becomes a mission to get floor space, then if
you do, the lack of social ettiquette by the civillians
is astounding, its probably the single place where
I threaten complete strangers the most!
Now if the dancers
go, the spectacle goes with it, the club night
will survive without us, but there is a chance
that it will decline in numbers. Civillians treat
deep funk as a specialist night, something you
would go to once in a while, similar to car wash.
As for repeat visits I havn't conducted a survey
but there arn't that many in a regular capacity
-except for the... dancers.
Peace and I mean
it!
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