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j <br /> Bod y Beat <br /> A* j <br /> l <br /> A* Choreography: Zahi Patish and Danny Rachom (2001) j <br /> *N Style: Body Drumming, Vocalization, Hip-Hop j <br /> Music: a cappella <br /> This dance was choreographed by members of Sheketak (Tel 1 <br /> Aviv), an Israeli dance group that takes its name from Hebrew j <br /> words for silence (sheket) and sound (tak). Sheketak dancers j <br /> and instrumentalists combine body drumming, tap, hip-hop, j <br /> vocalization, and live music into their internationally acclaimed <br /> performances. j <br /> 4� Blue Rondo a la Turk j <br /> Choreography: Sam Weber (2000) j <br /> Style: Rhythm 1 <br /> Music: Blue Rondo a la Turk (Dave Brubeck) j <br /> A� j <br /> Blue Rondo a la Turk is based on the Turkish 9/8 meter, one of the j <br /> *N Dave Brubeck quartet's most famous experiments with non- j <br /> traditional meter (the most famous was Take Five). This dance <br /> began as a technique exercise for practicing even or unbroken j <br /> rhythms. The choreography demands the dancers first tap the j <br /> straight rhythms of the melody and then switch to a medium j <br /> swing blues as three extra beats are added to each measure. j <br /> After building to a frenzy of double-time rhythms and turns in the 1 <br /> blues section, the piece returns to 9/8 for a dizzying finish. (Sam j <br /> Weber) j <br /> j <br /> Traditional Copasetic Soft Shoe j <br /> Choreography: Brenda Bufalino (1999) 1 <br /> Style: Vernacular j <br /> 1 Music: Me and My Shadow (Al Jolson and Dave Dreyer) j <br /> Serenade in Blue (Harry Warren and Mack Gordon) <br /> The Copasetics Club was formed in 1949 by a group of j <br /> legendary dancers to honor the memory of Bill "Bojangles" j <br /> Robinson. Copasetic was a word favored by Mr. Robinson, j <br /> being used to describe things that were perfect. The first part of j <br /> this dance is a soft shoe, staged by Ms. Bufalino as it was <br /> performed by the Copasetics during the 1950s and 1960s. In the j <br /> second part, Ms. Bufalino weaves together past and present, j <br /> blending traditional soft-shoe steps she learned from the j <br /> Copasetics into her own distinctive choreography. <br /> 3 j <br /> North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble - Guide for teachers 13 j <br />