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In the five verses of the song, Feste takes us through the passage of his – and, by extension, every man’s – life. ‘A foolish thing was but a toy’ has been analysed as a bawdy piece of innuendo: for ‘foolish thing’ read ‘Fool-ish thing’, between the Fool’s legs, which he plays with like a ‘toy’.
Those wits, that think they have thee, do very oft prove fools; and I, that am sure I lack thee, may pass for a wise man: for what says Quinapalus? 'Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.'
Actually understand Twelfth Night Act 5, Scene 1. Read every line of Shakespeare’s original text alongside a modern English translation.
- Rhythm Not Yet Realized vs Beat Deafness?
- Going For It: The Having Fun ‘Look’>Confidence
- Pick 3-5 Dance Movements
- Fake An Injury
- Use A Little Liquid Courage
- Focus on The Individual, Not The Crowd
- Drink in One Hand=Half The Hands to Manage!
- Accept That You Won’T Be The Best Dancer, and That’S Okay
- Talking/Singing Can Take Pressure Off Your Dancing
- Dance and Taking Breaks: An Iterative Process
Let’s get one thing off of our chests before we get into the nitty-gritty. Is your rhythm not yet realized or do you actually have a clinical disorder called beat deafness? So, what is beat deafness? Now before you jump in and say ‘that’s what I have!’, let’s give some statistics. According to NBC beat deafness is rarer than tone-deafness. The Nati...
The common but unhelpful advice for people that say they can’t dance is ‘just have fun’. This sort of advice lacks meaning and context. What we advise is to OFFSET your lack of dancing confidence with LOOKING like you’re having fun. This is not said lightly. But if you have no other tool to draw on, this can be an option. You don’t necessarily have...
Let’s say you are beginning from complete scratch with dance and will soon be heading to a dancefloor. A useful tactic is to pick just 3-5 simple dance moves. Note we said simple. Don’t choose overly complex yet impressive moves. At this stage of the game, your goal is to just blend into a dancefloor. These moves could be from Youtube, from a frien...
This is a bit of a controversial option. But desperate times can call for desperate measures. So, if you don’t think you can bring yourself to dance, an option is to fake an injury. Now, you would need to be careful with this. You don’t want to spin a lie that gets out of hand. But a small lie can make your decision to not get on a dancefloor more ...
Getting drunk to dance is never a good idea. The damage caused to yourself and others is notorious not to mention expensive. However, for those who can’t dance getting a little bit tipsy can be useful. Now, note we said ‘a little’. The key here is to know your limit when drinking. A telltale sign of reaching that limit is difficulty in balancing or...
When you are on a dancefloor, it can be easy to compare yourself with others. This is particularly true when you know you aren’t a good dancer. But the thing is, comparing yourself to others is not particularly going to help your situation. In fact, it will probably make it worse. Another trick that our mind plays on us is that we look at a dancefl...
When we dance, there can be a lot going on. We have our feet, hips, abbs, shoulders, hands, and heads to manage. Now, a useful trick is to get a drink in one hand and then hit the dancefloor. What this does is it gives us an acceptable excuse to dance in a more awkward fashion. And second, we have half the hands we need to do something with whilst ...
If you know you are a bad dancer, what can be useful is to accept this prior to heading out. Whilst this doesn’t sound particularly helpful, it actually is. You see, we humans have a biological bias towards wanting to have a good status in the social pecking order. This is part of the reason why we get nervous before activities such as public speak...
This technique can be used with friends or with a girl you’re dancing with. The technique is to use talking or singing to take pressure off your dancing. Let’s say you are starting to feel ‘the fear’ whilst on a dancefloor. Perhaps you are starting to feel like people are looking at you or judging you, etc. At this point, making a joke or comment t...
Sometimes in dance, there is a certain overzealousness that occurs. Something about people losing control and removing all inhibitions. We call it energy mobilization. What we mean is that some energy types that people activate make it hard to maintain a balanced attitude. Think of a very productive person. This type of person generally finds it ha...
“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.” (Act 1, Scene 5) This is Feste’s most famous quote and one that summarises his position within the play perfectly.
Choreographed by: Darren Bailey (Nov 2020)32 count - 2 wall - Intermediate level line danceMusic: "Foolish" by Forest Blackk.
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