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I don’t know a lot about dancing (apart from that I like doing it). I’ve seen a few ballets and I’m used to dancing in the context of story telling. However, I’ve never really been exposed to clever choreography in the context of individual pieces. Anyway, my point is I don’t know if this is a really common kind of choreography – or indeed anything about its technical merit – but I was blown away by how much I loved this dance video from the the Beyond Words Dance Company. Something I really adore – and this is a really ineloquent way of putting it – is layered music. That is to say, I particularly love music that layers many melodies: that has depth so that every time you listen to it, you hear something a bit different. Anyway, this dance routine represents every layer of the music with different dances and I really like it. So much so that I keep seeing it in my head when I listen to this song.

The choreography is by Kate Jablonski. The music is called ‘The Winner Is’ from the ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ soundtrack by Mychael Danna. Watching this video made me remember how much I love the soundtrack of that film and I then immediately bought it off Amazon (whoops). One thing I say against the Beyond Words Dance Company is that they don’t seem to put any indication of what the music is or where its from on their site – I just happened to recognise it.

I discovered this video thanks to the lovely Bim as they linked to a dance to one of their songs ‘The Magic of Us.’ They didn’t credit Bim either, which is sad. I’ve said how much I love Bim before, but while I’m here, I’ll say it again. I adore Bim. They have such a beautiful, calm, magical sound. Please check them out. If I lived in London, I’d go see them (not least because some of their outfits are SO gorgeous that they must been seen in person: clicky clicky). Fingers crossed they’ll one day come to Scotland (or I’ll get rich or grow wings or get to London somehow).

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