Expressive Microtiming and Tempo Rubato

This chapter delves into the timespace between the beats—the “play” that dancers referred to in our interviews. The chapter offers different ways to discuss microtiming and provides examples of dancers “playing” with the measure, their partner, and different lines of the music. The concept of tempo rubato will addressed.

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