I've never been a Liberace fan, in fact I only stumbled across this clip parasitically by listening to an episode of Fresh Air which featured a story about an upcoming Liberace docu-drama (Behind the Candelabra, I believe). During the show they played a piece of this clip along with a similar scene from the television program, which got me thinking. What Liberace is doing with Mack the Knife, is improvisation - re-imagining a standard in a new and inventive way. The same can be done with dance.
So, the next time a samba is played, think about it in terms of a cha-cha or a rumba. When a salsa tune is played, ask yourself how you'd do a west coast swing to that tune. It's an exercise in creativity and it can help you transform your dancing into something that's truly your own!
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